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== [[Theater]] ==
* A lot of people think that ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' are this trope. Actually invoked at one point, where a character admitted that she felt like she was "betraying" women by needing a man's attention to find herself beautiful.
* [http://lashings.org Lashings of Ginger Beer] parody the stereotype of lesbian separatist straw feminists in their song [http://youtu.be/Q_4yCm6DZp8 "Vagina Dentata"]. (Warning:
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''Princess Ida'' (adapted from a poem by Tennyson), the Girl Graduates of the women's college at Castle Adamant learn that "Man is Nature's sole mistake." That's right, folks, women's education [[Played for Laughs]]. Of course, when the younger students actually encounter a Man, they find him quite attractive, and even Ida is resigned to her [[Arranged Marriage]] when she realizes that if women never marry, there won't be any children.
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