The word 'womyn' is sometimes used in place of 'women' by people supporting feminism.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 in Oxon Hill, Md. and a screenshot of a 2024-25 Scripps School Spelling Bee Study List v
Study lists for the contest, which is open to students under 16, have been published by multiple schools. The lists show the organization is allowing the spelling of the noun as either “womyn” or “women.
“This belief is supported further by the identification of ‘man’ with ‘mankind,’ meaning all of humanity,” the article continues. “It is therefore an act of resistance to male dominance and misogyny to deliberately remove the ‘man’ from ‘woman’ by changing the a to another letter.”
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