Words are not like chewing gum, to be molded, masticated, squished and spit out. Imprecision -- loose definitions -- leads not to truth, but to imprecise and loose thinking.

ANDROPHOBIA - a term Robert Anton Wilson defines as a "transmutation" of negative stereotypes "from racism to sexism" that is characterized by malebashing and "psychological gendercide."

ECHO FEMINIST - a male-feminist who echoes feminist propaganda; an anti-male man.

EQUALITARIAN - a person who supports equal rights and responsibilities.

EQUITY FEMINISM - According to Christina Hoff Sommers, the "First Wave" feminism that asked for "fair treatment, without discrimination."

FEMIGOGUE - a feminist leader who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions and prejudices of the people.

FEMINATIC - one who sees all social dynamics in terms of male power and female powerlessness.

FEMINIST - a person who pretends to advocate or support equal rights and responsibilities for women.

GENDER FEMINISM - Short for "Sex/Gender Feminism," according to Christina Hoff Sommers, it is the doctrine that holds that women are "in thrall to 'a system of male dominance' variously referred to as 'heteropatriarchy' or the sex/gender system." That is, a "complex process whereby bi-sexual infants are transformed into male and female gender personalities, the one destined to command, the other to obey."

MEN - According to P.C. Seldom, another word for "unprotected sex."

MISANDRY - hatred of men/MISOGYNY - hatred of women.

NEW RAGE WOMEN - female antimale bigots who use or advocate the use of angry public demonstrations and/or violence against men.

PATRIARCHY - in modern times, the social arrangement that provides women and men with equivalent rights and responsibilities.

POD FEMINIST -- according to feminist hatemonger, Susan Faludi, a pod feminist is, apparently, anyone who claims to be a feminist but supports equal responsibilities as well as equal rights, does not believe upper and upper middle class American women are oppressed, does not believe 33 percent of women are rape victims, and advocates a policy that treats both women and men like human beings.

POP-FEMINIST - a person who demands rights and privileges for women and responsibilities and restrictions for men. Anyone who subscribes to Faludi's idiotic pod feminist definition above. Note: I no longer use the term pop-feminist, as it has been my experience during the past 20 years that most feminists are, by this definition, pop-feminists.

Regards

Rod Van Mechelen

Rod Van Mechelen is the author of What Everyone Should Know about Feminist Issues: The Male-Positive Perspective (the page now includes several articles by other authors), and the publisher of The Backlash! @ Backlash.com. He is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and served for 9-1/2 years on the Cowlitz Indian Tribal Council.