animals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      HETEROSEXUALLY
      IMPAIRED:
      Large
      group,
     
     
      often
      ignorant
      of
      their
      condition.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      M.A.L.E.:
      Acronym
      for
      Men
      Against
      Linguistic
     
     
      Equality,
      the
      English-speaking
      branch
      ofan
      interna-
     
     
      tional
      secret
      brotherhood
      known
      to
      have
      existed
      since
     
     
      the
      third
      millennium
      B.C.
      [Editors’
      note:
      Did
      Eng-
     
     
      lish
      exist
      in
      the
      third
      millennium
      B.C.?]
      Founded
      in
     
     
      Sumeria
      to
      combat
      the
      influence
      of
      the
      world’s
      first
     
     
      poet,
      Enheduanna,
      who
      through
      her
      writing
      estab-
     
     
      lished
      the
      cultic
      primacy
      of
      the
      female
      deity
      Inanna,
     
     
      the
      organization
      is
      still
      dedicated
      to
      the
      belief,
      ac-
     
     
      cording
      to
      one
      member,
      ‘‘that
      women
      should
      be
      seen
     
     
      and
      not
      heard.’’
      The
      1966
      plenary
      session
      of
      MALE,
     
     
      held
      atthe
      Bohemian
      Grove,
      near
      Monte
      Rio,
      Califor-
     
     
      nia,
      was
      the
      first
      meeting
      to
      receive
      publicity,
      a
     
     
      consequence,
      it
      is
      believed,
      of
      internal
      dissent
      over
     
     
      how
      to
      diffuse
      the
      feminist
      countermovement
      which
     
     
      works
      openly
      in
      political,
      educational,
      and
      corporate
     
     
      spheres
      to
      expose
      MALE’s
      previously
      concealed
     
     
      influence
      on
      the
      language.
      Stung
      by
      the
      growing
     
     
      acceptance
      of
      the
      social
      title
      Ms.
      and
      of
      changes
      in
     
     
      political
      and
      occupational
      nomenclature,
      as
      well
      as
      by
     
     
      ‘nonsexist
      guidelines’
      issued
      by
      several
      American
     
     
      publishing
      houses,
      a
      number
      of
      men
      believed
      to
      hold
     
     
      important
      leadership
      positions
      in
      MALE
      have
      adopted
     
     
      the
      tactic
      of
      open
      counter
      attack
      throughridicule.
      ...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MATRIARCHY:
      Is
      aterm
      used
      variously
      in
      feminist
     
     
      writings
      to
      mean
      (a)
      an
      actual
      society
      believed
      to
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      governed
      by
      women
      long
      before
      the
      current
      patriar-
     
     
      chalepoch...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      NATIONALIST
      FEMINIST
      ARMED
      FORCES:
     
     
      NFAF
      proposes
      to
      represent
      the
      armed
      forces
      of
      the
     
     
      Nationalist
      Feminist
      Government.
      The
      female
      sex
     
     
      needs
      self-defense,
      self-government,
      and
      self-employ-
     
     
      ment.
      The
      female
      sex
      must
      be
      employed
      by
      the
     
     
      female
      sex.
      The
      first
      massive
      employer
      of
      womyn
      by
     
     
      womyn
      will
      be
      the
      NFAF,
      because
      only
      the
      NFAF
      is
     
     
      capable
      of
      such
      an
      economic
      policy.
      Wifismcan
      not
     
     
      employ
      womynas
      feminists
      only
      as
      Wifists,
      because
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wifist
      policy
      agrees
      to
      a
      female
      population
      employed
     
     
      by
      the
      male
      sex.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PENIS-VAGINA
      FIXATION:
      A
      misconception
      about
     
     
      female
      pleasure.
      A
      belief
      in
      ‘‘the
      efficacy
      of
      the
     
     
      penis-vagina
      combination
      for
      producing
      orgasm
      fora
     
    
   
   
    
     
      woman,’’
      anotion
      repudiated
      by,
      among
      many
      others,
     
     
      Dr.
      Helena
      Wright
      in
      1947.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PHALLICIDENTITY:
      Where
      male
      identity
      is
     
    
   
   
    
     
      claim
      to
      the
      rights
      and
      responsibilities
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      centered.
      ‘‘A
      man’s
      identity
      is
      located
      in
      his
      concep-
     
     
      tion
      of
      himself
      as
      the
      possessor
      of
      a
      phallus;
      a
      man’s
      ©
     
     
      worth
      is
      located
      in
      his
      pride
      in
      his
      phallic
      identity.
     
     
      The
      main
      characteristic
      of
      phallic
      identity
      is
      that
     
     
      worth
      is
      entirely
      contingent
      on
      the
      possession
      ofa
     
     
      phallus.
      ...
      Women,
      then,
      by
      definition,
      have
      no
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      personhood.’’
      Is
      the
      source
      of
      ‘‘all
      personal,
      psycho-
      —
     
     
      logical,
      social,
      and
      institutionalizeddominationon
     
     
      this
      earth...
      Asnonphallic
      beings,
      women
      are
     
     
      defined
      as
      submissive,
      passive,
      virtually
      inert.
      For
      —
     
     
      all
      of
      patriarchal
      history,
      we
      have
      been
      defined
      by
      .
     
     
      law,
      custom,
      and
      habit
      as
      inferior
      because
      of
      our
      |
     
     
      nonphallic
      bodies.
      Our
      sexual
      definition
      is
      one
      of
     
     
      ‘masochistic
      passivity’:
      ‘masochistic’
      because
      even
     
     
      men
      recognize
      their
      systematic
      sadism
      against
      us;
     
     
      ‘passivity’
      not
      because
      we
      are
      naturally
      passive,
      but
      —
     
     
      because
      our
      chains
      are
      very
      heavy
      and
      asaresult,
      we
      ©
     
     
      cannot
      move.”’
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RADICAL
      FEMINISM:
      [Radical
      feminists]
      call
      not
     
     
      only
      for
      the
      end
      of
      capitalism
      and
      the
      legal,
      educa-
     
     
      tional
      and
      occupational
      inequality
      of
      the
      sexes,
      but
      for
     
     
      the
      elimination
      of
      the
      biological
      family,
      at
      least
      as
      an
      ~
     
     
      economic
      and
      childrearing
      institution;
      they
      also
     
     
      demand
      the
      elimination
      of
      sexual
      taboos
      which
      oper-
     
     
      ate
      to
      preserve
      the
      biological
      family.
      ...
      To
      Radical
     
     
      Feminists
      sex-class
      is
      the
      basic
      division
      in
      the
      world.
     
     
      All
      women
      are
      our
      natural
      allies
      (whether
      they
      know
     
    

    
     
      it
      or
      not),
      all
      men
      are
      our
      enemy.
      ...
      [Editors’
      note:
     
     
      which
      would
      have
      a
      more
      accurate
      definition
      of
      radi-
     
     
      cal
      feminism,
      the
      Oxford
      Dictionary
      or
      A
      Feminist
     
     
      Dictionary?]
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SCUM
      MANIFESTO:
      SCUM
      stands
      for
      **Society
      for
     
     
      Cutting
      Up
      Men.”’
      The
      Manifesto
      by
      Valerie
      Solonas
     
     
      (known
      as
      one
      of
      the
      most
      radical
      feminists
      of
      the
     
     
      late
      1960s)
      is
      the
      case
      for
      the
      elimination
      of
      males
      in»
     
     
      order
      to
      eliminate
      male
      domination.
      Her(non-fatal)
      —
     
     
      shooting
      of
      Andy
      Warhol
      dramatized
      her
      argument...
     
     
      .
      [It]
      marked
      a
      radical
      departure
      in
      feminist
      thought;
      —
     
     
      it
      contains
      many
      valuable
      insights
      which
      were
      tobe
      —
     
     
      developed
      and
      elaborated
      on
      when
      the
      second
      wave
      of
     
     
      feminism
      truly
      took
      off.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WIMMIN:
      We
      have
      spelt
      it
      this
      way
      because
      we
      are
     
     
      not
      women
      neither
      are
      we
      female.
      ...
      You
      may
      findi
     
    
   
   
    
     
      trivial--it’s
      just
      another
      part
      of
      the
      teu
      deep
      rooted
      ©
     
     
      sexist
      attitudes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      And
      there
      are
      others...
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      X-P
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      30,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
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