Marilyn Frye
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Marilyn Frye is an American feminist philosopher best known for her influential work on oppression, sexism, and the social construction of gender.
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| Marilyn Frye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4528107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marilyn Frye Context triple: [Frye, hasNotableBearer, Marilyn Frye]
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Sylvia Welter
Sylvia Welter was the brief first wife of American author J. D. Salinger, whom he married shortly after World War II.
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Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is an influential Black feminist scholar, activist, and writer who co-founded the Combahee River Collective and helped shape contemporary intersectional feminist thought.
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Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is the wife of Benjamin A. Smith II, a former United States Senator from Massachusetts and close associate of the Kennedy family.
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D.
Maxine Greene
Maxine Greene was an influential American educational philosopher and social theorist known for her work on aesthetic education, imagination, and the role of the arts in fostering social justice in schools.
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E.
Eve Lydon
Eve Lydon is a supporting character in the action film "Crank: High Voltage," involved in the chaotic, high-energy world surrounding protagonist Chev Chelios.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marilyn Frye Target entity description: Marilyn Frye is an American feminist philosopher best known for her influential work on oppression, sexism, and the social construction of gender.
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A.
Sylvia Welter
Sylvia Welter was the brief first wife of American author J. D. Salinger, whom he married shortly after World War II.
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B.
Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is an influential Black feminist scholar, activist, and writer who co-founded the Combahee River Collective and helped shape contemporary intersectional feminist thought.
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C.
Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is the wife of Benjamin A. Smith II, a former United States Senator from Massachusetts and close associate of the Kennedy family.
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D.
Maxine Greene
Maxine Greene was an influential American educational philosopher and social theorist known for her work on aesthetic education, imagination, and the role of the arts in fostering social justice in schools.
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E.
Eve Lydon
Eve Lydon is a supporting character in the action film "Crank: High Voltage," involved in the chaotic, high-energy world surrounding protagonist Chev Chelios.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American feminist
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academic ⓘ feminist philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| employer | Michigan State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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feminist philosophy ⓘ philosophy of gender ⓘ philosophy of oppression ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
philosophy
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women’s studies ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | White American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
LGBTQ studies
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contemporary feminist philosophy ⓘ gender studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Simone de Beauvoir
NERFINISHED
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radical feminist theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
LGBT issues
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feminist theory ⓘ oppression ⓘ sexism ⓘ |
| movement |
radical feminism
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second-wave feminism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
double bind
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oppression as a system of interlocking barriers ⓘ sexism as a system of oppression ⓘ social construction of gender ⓘ |
| notableIdea | birdcage metaphor for oppression ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory
NERFINISHED
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“Lesbian ‘Sex’ in Lesbian Perspective” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “On Being White: Thinking Toward a Feminist Understanding of Race and Race Supremacy” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Oppression” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ “Sexism” (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tulsa, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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