spermative action

spermative action
 n.— «The numbers send booksellers reeling, begging writers for novels friendly to women’s book clubs. More women apply to college today than men, leading to male affirmative action, so-called “spermative action.”» —“Disney’s ‘Pooh’ choice echoes political truth” by Noah Lawrence in Yale University Yale Daily News (New Haven, Connecticut) Apr. 11, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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