I'm wondering what that demographic of naysayers looks like.
Reaganites. There was a big backlash against feminism in the 80s and early 90s, when it was hip to be square. Susan Faludi even wrote a book about it. The stigma of the "man-hating feminist" shamed a lot of young women into passionately declaring that they WEREN'T feminists, even if they believed in justice and equal rights for women. That stigma is only now beginning to wear off in the western world. I believe that social media has helped a lot of girls and young women realize that there are LOTS of other women out there with the same beliefs, and that "feminism" isn't a dirty word.
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Date: 2014-09-24 08:12 am (UTC)From:Reaganites. There was a big backlash against feminism in the 80s and early 90s, when it was hip to be square. Susan Faludi even wrote a book about it. The stigma of the "man-hating feminist" shamed a lot of young women into passionately declaring that they WEREN'T feminists, even if they believed in justice and equal rights for women. That stigma is only now beginning to wear off in the western world. I believe that social media has helped a lot of girls and young women realize that there are LOTS of other women out there with the same beliefs, and that "feminism" isn't a dirty word.