sexual equality
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the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Performed by the all-female Czech-Slovene-Russian band Vesna, it's a song about sexual equality and female empowerment, with frontwoman Patricie Fuxová declaring: "We are not your dolls."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023
Germany is known as being progressive on sexual equality, partly because of Berlin's century-old reputation as a haven for sexual experimentation, but it came late to marriage equality, only allowing same-sex marriages in 2017.
From Reuters • Jan. 14, 2022
As Mark Gevisser reports, great global strides have been made in attitudes towards sexual equality and gender identity in recent years.
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2020
While the battle for sexual equality is obviously far from over, second-wave feminism did achieve many important goals.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
At first, under the influence of the theory of sexual equality, both received their intellectual instruction in the same classes and passed through the same examinations.
From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy
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