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Though mama bear has been used in the sense of "a woman who is extremely protective of a child or children" since at least the 1990s, use of the term mama grizzly in the same sense was popularized by U.S. politician Sarah Palin, who began using it to refer to herself in 2008. Palin's use of the term later broadened to apply to female candidates she supported in the 2010 U.S. midterm elections.
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/22 13:43 UTC 版)
Mama grizzly is a term that former U.S. vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin coined to refer to herself, then later applied to female candidates she supported or endorsed in the 2010 U.S. midterm elections. Palin first used the term in a May 2010 speech at a fundraiser for the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life women's group, and used it in a July 2010 YouTube video produced by SarahPAC, Palin's political action committee, for the 2010 elections. By September 2010, "mama grizzly" was deemed to be "part of the lexicon" of the election by Newsweek magazine. It has never been made clear if the term is meant to refer to all women candidates supported by the former governor, or if it is just a general concept about real-life moms entering politics because they fear for their children's future.