female-Americans

female-Americans
   adult women living in the United States
   The language of those who think that all women are the subject of unfair discrimination, or worse. The phrase does not encompass, for example, Mexican girls:
    My, my, Kravitz & Bane, that great bastion of civil justice and liberal political action, does, in fact, discriminate against African-Americans and Female-Americans. (Grisham, 1994 — less than 10% of the partners in a law firm were women: the percentage of black women partners — African-American-Female-Americans — was not specified)

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