anti-male
adjective
an·ti-male
ˌan-tē-ˈmāl 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
: characterized by or expressing hostility or discrimination toward males
an anti-male bias
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Anyone who thinks this movie is anti-male isn’t paying any attention.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
She was accused of being a part of an anti-male agenda.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
Conservative groups including America First Legal, which has filed numerous legal actions claiming anti-white and anti-male bias, have urged the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Ames.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Feminism needs rebranding because it is increasingly being perceived as encapsulating an anti-male belief system that aims to elbow men out of the way so that women can prosper.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Some might still see Barbie as anti-feminist, or anti-male, and the movie as little more than a major corporate effort to boost the doll’s sales.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 29 July 2023
Going way beyond the puerile, unfunny, anti-male, anti-maternal playtime that poisons Barbie, Rivette and his French actresses (perhaps influenced by Simone de Beauvoir’s intimacy with Jean-Paul Sartre) understood the complexity of desire felt by women as idealistic individuals.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2023
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
She was accused of being a part of an anti-male agenda.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
Conservative groups including America First Legal, which has filed numerous legal actions claiming anti-white and anti-male bias, have urged the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Ames.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Feminism needs rebranding because it is increasingly being perceived as encapsulating an anti-male belief system that aims to elbow men out of the way so that women can prosper.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Some might still see Barbie as anti-feminist, or anti-male, and the movie as little more than a major corporate effort to boost the doll’s sales.
—Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 29 July 2023
Going way beyond the puerile, unfunny, anti-male, anti-maternal playtime that poisons Barbie, Rivette and his French actresses (perhaps influenced by Simone de Beauvoir’s intimacy with Jean-Paul Sartre) understood the complexity of desire felt by women as idealistic individuals.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2023
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“Anti-male.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-male. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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