Example Sentences

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Feminists countered that it was not up to the state to "dictate to women if they should have children and when".

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Feminists have never used the phrase “believe all women,” which is a misogynist insult.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2025

Feminists have spent the past 150 years painstakingly chipping away at the laws that forced our subservience.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2024

Feminists have decried the demeaning paternalism implicit in likening pregnant women to animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Incidentally the Feminists believe that the downfall of many women is procured by the offer of fine clothes.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel