women's liberation

women's liberation
   aggressive feminism
   For most men, and many women, a dysphemism, especially when shortened to women's lib:
    Women's lib meant more than burning your bra. It meant total commitment to the programme of women's superiority over men. (Sharpe, 1976)
   An enthusiast may be called a women's libber or libber, which latter was once the job title of a castrator of pigs — further comment seems inappropriate:
    You make me sound like the worst sort of Women's Libber, an aggressive great Lesbian with a foul placard. (Pilcher, 1988)
    She's gone to join some women friends. Libbers, you know. (I. Murdoch, 1980)

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