UK: Why so many young women don't call themselves feminist

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2019-02-06 08:32

Article here. Excerpt:

'Fewer than one in five young women would call themselves a feminist, polling in the UK and US suggests.

That might come as a surprise as feminism - the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of equality of the sexes - has been in the spotlight lately.
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So it is perhaps unexpected that the identity "feminist" has not gained more popularity among young women in the Western world.

In the UK there has been a small increase in the number of women who identify as such.

A 2018 YouGov poll found that 34% of women in the UK said "yes" when asked whether they were a feminist, up from 27% in 2013.

It's a similar picture in Europe, with fewer than half of men and women polled in five countries agreeing they were a feminist. This ranged from 8% of respondents in Germany, to 40% in Sweden.

However, people do not appear to reject the term feminism because they are against gender equality or believe it has been achieved.

The same study found that eight out of 10 people said men and women should be treated equally in every way, with many agreeing sexism is still an issue.'

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... a lot of women know just what feminism is REALLY about and have decided not to ally themselves with a hate movement. Some others may not get that so call themselves feminist or are using an outdated definition of the term. But fear of being seen as a "spinster"? Please, is that even a thing anymore?

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2019-02-06 22:37