A person who passionately advocates for gender equality, encourages men to go to therapy, and insists that women can do anything men can do. They often use pronoun identifiers (e.g., he/him) and strongly believe in progressive social norms. However, they tend to listen more to respond than to learn, making conversations feel like debates rather than discussions.
1. "I tried to have a deep conversation about gender roles, but the guy was such an EquiTalker—he just kept repeating the same points without really engaging."
2. "Sarah's an EquiTalker. She means well, but she shuts down any perspective that doesn’t match hers."
3. "Dude, I mentioned that men struggle too, and this EquiTalker jumped in with a speech about toxic masculinity before I even finished my sentence."
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Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)