The rise of the anti-feminist

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'In the developed world of the 21st century, I see the role of feminism as addressing those with the attitude that a woman’s place should be in the home, those who promote a society in which a woman’s work is undervalued, and those who treat women as objects at the disposal of men’s desires. To reverse the centuries of gender roles that have solidified this mentality is no small feat in itself. But to the mission of feminism has been added a new hurdle: the anti-feminist.

Meet the anti-feminist: the immature, smug, self-righteous, yet deeply insecure individuals who on the street might look completely unassuming, but on the internet they take on a new ego with which they insult, mock and attack feminism. Anti-feminists share one particularly cementing belief of who the stereotypical feminist is – angry women with unshaved armpits wearing t-shirts branded with aggressive messages screaming “free the nipple”. This binding misconception has allowed anti-feminists to turn feminism into something of a caricature, and given them the fuel with which to exploit the feminist movement for the purpose of a joke.'