Word: chauvinist
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...inspired millions of women through conferences on her magnum opus, The Second Sex. Her encyclopedic letters to Sartre shaped his thought on existentialism, while her fiction earned global acclaim. And away from the public eye, headstrong Simone hid a surprisingly tender woman. To her beloved in Chicago, the anti-chauvinist crusader sent adoring letters that sometimes smacked of anti-feminist submission. And Beauvoir always kept her body to herself: she hid her hair under a turban, her legs in flowing mismatched skirts, her aging chest in collared blouses. Should we respect that face of modesty and keep her covered...
White admits he sounds like a chauvinist, which fires up the women's fighters even more. "That is so ridiculous, especially in this day and age," says fighter Lisa King. "I'm not a women's lib person or anything, but we're doing everything else, so why not this...
...need for increased awareness of sexual health and politics. Also, their need for orgasms—you’re not a real woman unless you’ve had lots of them, and the reason you’re not having them is that your boyfriend is a chauvinist...
...endure during her campaign for the presidency early this year was Ferdinand Marcos' contention that a woman's proper place was in the bedroom. Last week she savored some sweet revenge. Speaking before a group of businesswomen in Manila, she referred to the deposed Marcos as the "first male chauvinist to underestimate me," though presumably not the last. Then Mrs. President, as she now likes to be called, added feistily, "It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history...
...brand has become on a global level hugely popular with women as well as men. I think what you're getting now is an entire generation of young women in a post-feminist era in which the Playboy brand back in the 1970s was perceived in some quarters as chauvinist, is now viewed as a form of empowerment for young women, which was unthinkable for me 20 years ago. Needless to say I think that is wonderful because I always from the very beginning felt that the sexual revolution was for everybody and that women were the major beneficiaries...