postfeminism

Meanings

nounpostfeminism (usually uncountable, plural postfeminisms)

uncountableusuallyAny of a wide range of theories that respond to feminism, arguing that it is no longer relevant or that it needs to be extended to fit the changing expectations and experiences of women.
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As the ’90s went by, third-wave feminism was edged out by postfeminism, a cheerful, consumerist movement arguing that feminism had achieved what it needed to and now women were largely free to behave just like men, sexually liberated and socially empowered. The catch was that we were also subtly being conditioned to perform.
2025 April 15, Sophie Gilbert, “What Porn Taught a Generation of Women”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN

Chinese Mandarin 后女性主義

后女性主義 (hòunǚxìngzhǔyì)range of viewpoints that position themselves as reactions to feminism

Danish postfeminisme

postfeminismerange of viewpoints that position themselves as reactions to feminism

German Postfeminismus

Postfeminismusrange of viewpoints that position themselves as reactions to feminism

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