Why The Majority Of Women Don't Want To Call Themselves Feminist

3/10/2020

I was chatting with a friend of mine the other day when she asked me if I was a feminist. I responded that I believed in equal rights for women, but that I wouldn’t call myself a feminist in the current climate. She looked at me confusedly. “But feminism is about equal rights,” she told me. I told her I disagreed.

That’s when the conversation went off the rails. She began to discuss all of the other things that feminism has come to mean in the last fifty years, things I absolutely do not agree with. And it was in that moment I realized that feminists begin their argument in one place and end it in quite another.

Women Don’t Want To Call Themselves Feminist

In 2018, a YouGov poll found that only 38% of American women considered themselves feminist. That same poll found that of those women who responded by saying they weren’t feminist, 47% felt that “the current wave of feminism does not represent true feminism.” The question must be asked: why do so many women feel that feminism in 2020 doesn’t apply to them? Read the rest at Evie Magazine.

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11 Comments

Dick Pound

4/2/2020 01:22:50 pm

I can't believe there are two equally repugnant Shapiro's. Your family is a great case for why abortions are necessary

Amanda Munoz Casabella

9/5/2020 04:31:18 pm

I am technical a liberal, I do not condemn aborption in the sense women should be able to decide what to do with their body, but at the same times there is a lack of connection with high values of lives and women should be supported not to abort. I would not abort if it were me, even if its not convenient. I belief in equal rights and opportunity for women as well as the need of more women in places of power. But this has to be a cooperative action with men. Therefore, I am not a feminists, at least not the way its being presented today. Overtime I have become much more conservative in the extent I get more connected with important spiritual values. I do not belong to tiny religion or support any but see the goodness in one. I actually like this web page. Do not agree in some few points and I really appreciate differences and diversity but still I have started to tune better with conservatives values and this channel has confirmed that. So nice. I think that the empowerment of women has been distorted..

Vanessa

9/14/2020 08:50:17 am

You're a disgusting human being. You should have been aborted, since abortions are legal.

Stfu Dick Pound

4/17/2020 04:02:16 pm

The Shapiro’s are the kind of people that you would want as neighbors. Also every baby deserves a chance, but I will say that some people should have never been conceived in the first place like someone.

Alethia

7/12/2020 10:03:13 am

You're ruining the name of classicism with your conservatism. Why don't you name yourself Traditional Red Abby instead.

9/14/2020 08:51:20 am

So being traditional is bad? You're such an idiot.

Sarah Robles link

8/17/2020 11:49:28 am

Hi Abby! I enjoy your channel a lot. I’m not Jewish, I’m Christian but we have similar perspectives. I watch your channel and defend you because people attack you a lot. Please help my channel grow or perhaps give me some pointers. Thank you!
If you need some ideas on teaching your kids at home? Don’t pull your hair! You can do it!! I’m sharing my channel and hopefully is a blessing to you.
https://youtu.be/sQTiBjrS8v0

Double Decker Rim Job

9/7/2020 06:35:19 pm

You can't simultaneously have conservative values and claim you believe in equal rights for women. That's like saying you love animals but think declawing cats is okay. But have fun with your cognitive dissonance, I guess!

Concerned but Hopeful

9/9/2020 10:45:47 pm

Hello Abby!

I see your ads a lot and want you to know that I think there is value in your ideas. I’m a married Christian guy so it’s great to see that there are those brave enough to step forward, like you, and risk the ridicule of people that I imagine are misjudging you and only seeking to tear you down.

Just here to offer my encouragement as I know there’s a million and one ways to tear someone down and hope you continue improving your voice and community.

Best wishes,

Cara

9/29/2020 02:07:17 pm

You and your brother are perfect examples of why abortion should be legal.

9/29/2020 04:47:53 pm

Nope, but since they are, you should have been aborted, you disgusting idiot.

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