LH: No, those aren't dactyls. Dactyls have 3 syllables, the first being accented and the last 2 unaccented.

"Militant feminist" is a double dactyl.

The opposite of a dactyl, of course, is an anapest, which is long-short-short, and Dr. Suess's favorite meter.

Although once you get started it's sometimes hard to tell the one from the other.

The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
--Lord Byron

Alex
O..O
=o=