My Kind of #Feminism - #Feminist-Words that Aren't Built on Masculine Bases (i.e. that don't mean 'with Man' or 'alternate Male')

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It might seem 'hypocrite-like' of me—insisting that ladies 'defend their individuality,' when most of the words we use 'to refer to them' are words that are built upon 'the words we use to refer to males' ... 'male' being the base of the word "female,"* 'man' being the base of the word "woman" (well, they're both kinda based on "human"; but ... I digress ...)

Today I Found Out reviews some of the names 'the feminist in me' wishes women would "take ownership-of."


The word “Feminism” is built on "Feminine" + -ism.

    The Fem-Words that TIFO lists & outlines:
  • S— I don't want to write that one (not out here where the SE-bots will smell it & think I'm talking about ... something else) ... I might use 'Sheela' there instead (not to be mistaken for "Sheila," which is a respectable name ... probably ...)
  • Dames
  • Broads ... the reason the track-&-field 'jump for distance' is called a "long jump" (rather than a "broad jump"
  • Chicks
  • a couple words TIFO used or mentioned but did not explain:
    • Lady
    • Girl
  • Some other words I think of (possibly 'based on words-for-males' ... or maybe the male words were based on the female words ...)
    • Duchess
    • Princess
    • Queen
    • Empress
    • B— umm ... call it a 'seeing-eye woman'
      • and–rather than H—...–you can use phrases like 'garden equipment' (one is "closer to God in the garden Than -in anyplace else on the Earth" 😉)
    • Nanny—not to say anything against 'male nannies' ... maybe 'Governess' would be a better word (and that's not 'a female Governor'—like Oklahoma had for a few years)
  • ... any other non-masculine female words? Tell me in the comments!
*Actually, 'male' & 'female' are "not linked etymologically"; except they changed the word femina to 'female' "due to association with male" (i.e. to sort of 'talk about the two as though they were the same species' 🙄)

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