Godwin's law, coined by Mike Godwin in 1990, states that:
- As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.
Godwin's feminist corollary was stated by Joseph Reagle in March 2013, inspired by the PyCon 2013 forking and dongles incident and the Feminist Frequency Kickstarter backlash, and reads:
- As an online discussion about sexism continues, the probability of a woman who speaks out being called a feminazi approaches 1.