English
Noun
pussy power (uncountable)
- (US) Power as held by women, especially seen as coming from inherently feminine qualities or from female sexual allure.
- 1968, Eldridge Cleaver, Post-prison Writings and Speeches, Random House 1969, p. 143:
- You have the power to bring a squeaking halt to a lot of things that are going on, and we call that pussy power. We say that political power, revolution power grows out of the lips of a pussy.
- 2002, Kath Albury, Yes Means Yes, Allen & Unwin 2002, p. 89:
- Before I get accused of channelling Camille Paglia, I will clarify this point. I do not think that pussy power is the only, or even the best, form of power for women.