1.A pejorative term for the perceived dominance of safety-first, risk-averse governance and cultural norms attributed to female-led leadership and institutions.
Noun · Increasingly unavoidableThe term was coined and popularized by comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla, emerging in U.S. podcast and online discourse in late 2025. Carolla has described it as what happens when, in his words, "too many women with too many women ideas are making too many decisions" — a critique aimed at what he characterizes as safetyism in public policy.
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Used in a sentence: “The meeting about rescheduling the meeting has been moved — for safety reasons.”
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