menfolk
plural noun
men·folk
ˈmen-ˌfōk 
variants
or menfolks
1
: men in general
2
: the men of a family or community
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At a lavish luncheon Mahin lays on for her golden-girl pals, the women debate the utility of having menfolk around, with some exulting in their freedom while others note guys can be useful around the house sometimes.
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Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
Petra lives in a town in Bolivia’s Andes, grating at the traditions of her community, including its total subordination of women who are supposed to cook, bear children and serve their menfolk at prestes, three-day celebrations dedicated to the Catholic Virgin or the Sun.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 31 July 2022
The film’s title is said to be an apt description of the film, the bulk of which takes place in a hayloft as the women discuss the limited options that are before them: forgive and forget the menfolk’s crimes, leave the community forever and forsake eternal salvation, or stay and fight.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
Maybe it’s meant to back up the plausibility of how Francis is said to have taken six bullets to save Roy’s life years before, but the menfolk in this film seem to recover from bullet wounds with astonishing, deeply unrealistic speed.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2022
Representatives of a rare semi matriarchal society, the women work while the menfolk typically stay at home, though property is passed down along male lines.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 Oct. 2022
The menfolk dispatched, the plotters were then to murder all the women and children.
—Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
Out in the countryside, villages are still run by de facto councils of local menfolk, whose handshake deals and wink-nudge gambling debts carry more weight than the strict rule of law.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021
Across three generations, the Irish women in this novel endure the self-centeredness of their menfolk.
—The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
Petra lives in a town in Bolivia’s Andes, grating at the traditions of her community, including its total subordination of women who are supposed to cook, bear children and serve their menfolk at prestes, three-day celebrations dedicated to the Catholic Virgin or the Sun.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 31 July 2022
The film’s title is said to be an apt description of the film, the bulk of which takes place in a hayloft as the women discuss the limited options that are before them: forgive and forget the menfolk’s crimes, leave the community forever and forsake eternal salvation, or stay and fight.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
Maybe it’s meant to back up the plausibility of how Francis is said to have taken six bullets to save Roy’s life years before, but the menfolk in this film seem to recover from bullet wounds with astonishing, deeply unrealistic speed.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2022
Representatives of a rare semi matriarchal society, the women work while the menfolk typically stay at home, though property is passed down along male lines.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 Oct. 2022
The menfolk dispatched, the plotters were then to murder all the women and children.
—Marc M. Arkin, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2022
Out in the countryside, villages are still run by de facto councils of local menfolk, whose handshake deals and wink-nudge gambling debts carry more weight than the strict rule of law.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 Nov. 2021
Across three generations, the Irish women in this novel endure the self-centeredness of their menfolk.
—The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
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