Excessive worship, adoration, or idealization of women; treating women as divine or godlike.
From Greek 'gyne' (woman) + 'latria' (worship). The term emerged in 19th-century literary and philosophical discourse to critique the romanticization of women in Victorian culture.
Gyniolatry describes an interesting contradiction: while it sounds like honoring women, it's actually a form of objectification—putting women on pedestals rather than seeing them as full humans with flaws and agency.
Variant of gyneolatry; female worship as ideology historically paired with legal and social subordination, creating paradox of romantic reverence masking systemic exclusion.
Avoid. Use 'gender partnership' or 'women's advocacy' to center equity over idealization.
["gender partnership","women's advocacy","feminist commitment"]
Women's actual power comes from equal participation and decision-making authority, not reverence; honor this by supporting substantive equity.
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