Why Is “Feminist” So Unpopular With Women When Nearly All Want Equality?

Comrade Morlock
3 min readMay 20, 2022
Lenagerner, CC BY-SA 4.0

Only 19% of U.S. women think “feminist” describes them very well, and nearly half of that 19% think feminism is polarizing and not inclusive. That information is buried in a misleadingly titled article about a 2020 Pew poll, “61% of U.S. women say ‘feminist’ describes them well; many see feminism as empowering, polarizing”. The writer got 61% by adding the 19% who…

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