Pro-feminism refers to support of the cause of feminism without implying that the supporter is a member of the feminist movement.

And if he is so scornful of the rights of states, why not advocate a different sort of constitution that he could more sincerely support??

`` I have just come from viewing a man who had made the fortune of his country, but now is working all night in order to support his family '', he reflected.

It is my studied conviction that no nation will ever risk general war against us unless we should become so foolish as to neglect the defense forces we now so powerfully support.

Of all the Whig tracts written in support of the Succession, The Crisis is perhaps the most significant.

This is full evidence of your support for my principles.

It happens in the territory of the Leopoldville government, which is itself a fiction, demonstrably incapable of governing, and commanding only such limited credit abroad as UN support gives it.

The Jackson report will provide some of the political support Mr. Rusk will need if he is to get rid of department personnel engaged, as Sen. Jackson puts it, `` in work that does not really need doing ''.

The Chinese, North Vietnamese and North Koreans, on the other hand, feel that, militarily, Russia is strong enough to support them in the `` just wars of liberation '' they would like to embark on before long: with China attacking Formosa and the North Koreans and North Vietnamese liberating the southern half of their respective countries.

In the more primitive areas, where the capacity to absorb and utilize external assistance is limited, some activities may be of such obvious priority that we may decide to support them before a well worked out program is available.

As is the case with the allotment provisions for support of vocational rehabilitation services, the matching requirements are also based on a statutory formula.

Prior to and since 1960 the rest of the support allotment is matched at rates related to the fiscal capacity of the State, with a pivot of 40% State ( or 60% Federal ) participation in total program costs.

And, given probable public attitudes -- about which reasonably good estimates can be made -- what action is called for to insure necessary support??

We cannot test public opinion until the President and the leaders of the country have gone to the public to explain what is required and have asked them for support for the necessary action.

The long-range objective of habitat management is to make it fully productive so as to support fish and game populations to contribute to the need for public use and enjoyment.

To measure the volume of one of the combustion chambers in the cylinder head, install the valves and spark plug in the chamber and support the head so that its gasket surface is level.

In the second half of the Sixteenth Century, Sinan, the great architect who is the Michelangelo of the East, designed the massive buttresses that now help support the dome.

Publicity is given to the award of patents to our engineers and financial support is provided for individual membership in technical societies.

Data on the former are scanty, but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others, thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does, indeed, attain the greatest length.

The graph of f has at least one component whose support is the entire interval Aj.

This is true of all components which have such a bounded support.

Finally, whatever the techniques used, a twin goal is common to all preventive casework service: to cushion or reduce the force of the stress impact while at the same time to encourage and support family members to mobilize and use their ego capacities.

It would seem necessary that members of this population provide support for one another since it is not provided by the larger society.

Even industrial development leaders find it hard to win local support for training unless a new industry is in sight and requests it.

: Black women and feminism is a 1981 book by bell hooks titled after Sojourner Truth's " Ain't I a Woman?

Love is also self-identified feminist, and has been noted throughout her career for her subversive feminism and " self-conscious parody of female sex roles ".

This is one of the many issues being addressed by third wave feminism as well as the modern-day masculist movement.

The term female chauvinism has been adopted by critics of some types or aspects of feminism ; second-wave feminist Betty Friedan is a notable example.

It was founded by Zsuzsanna Budapest in the United States in the 1970s, and is notable for its focus on the worship of the Goddess ( usually Artemis ; Roman: Diana ), and on feminism.

Much of the history of Dianic Wicca is closely intertwined with " traditional " Wicca, though Dianic Wicca's feminist views stem largely from second wave feminism.

Jewish feminism is a movement that seeks to improve the religious, legal, and social status of women within Judaism and to open up new opportunities for religious experience and leadership for Jewish women.

Most forms of feminism characterize patriarchy as an unjust social system that is oppressive to women.

The social construct of masculinity is seen by feminism as problematic because it associates males with aggression and competition, and reinforces patriarchal and unequal gender relations.

Male participation in feminism is encouraged by feminists and is seen as an important strategy for achieving full societal commitment to gender equality.

However, some argue that while male engagement with feminism is necessary, it is problematic due to the ingrained social influences of patriarchy in gender relations.

The consensus today in feminist and masculinity theories is that both genders can and should cooperate to achieve the larger goals of feminism.

The term is most often used in reference to men who are actively supportive of feminism.

Anti-feminism is opposition to feminism in some or all of its forms.

Some people have opposed feminism on the grounds that they believe it is contrary to traditional values or religious beliefs.

Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge argue that the term " anti-feminist " is used to silence academic debate about feminism.

Christian feminism is an aspect of feminist theology which seeks to advance and understand the equality of men and women morally, socially, spiritually, and in leadership from a Christian perspective.

Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of women in Islam.

Jewish feminism is a movement that seeks to improve the religious, legal, and social status of women within Judaism and to open up new opportunities for religious experience and leadership for Jewish women.

The Goddess movement is a loose grouping of social and religious phenomena growing out of second-wave feminism, predominantly in North America, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in the 1970s, and the metaphysical community as well.