Title: Has "Feminist" Become A Dirty Word? | YouGov
Headings: Has "Feminist" Become A Dirty Word?
Has "Feminist" Become A Dirty Word?
Content: Then, 21% of men said they were feminists, compared with 27% of women. The willingness of women to call themselves feminists depends on their age. Only 28% of women 65 and older say they are feminists (the baby boomers now make up only a small proportion of this older group); 41% of women between the ages of 45 and 64 say they are. This group would have come of age and political awareness during the 1970’s, when the feminist movement was at its most visible and perhaps most active. The next age group, women between 30 and 44, grew up seeing some of the backlash against the movement, and just 32% in this group call themselves feminists. But now, with what may be a renewed attention to women’s issues (including discussion of women’s role in the workplace, and controversies over funding for contraceptives) the youngest women in this poll, those between the ages of 18 and 29, are just as likely as those between 45 and 64 to call themselves feminists. Democratic and Republicans women see the word differently. 48% of Democratic women but just 14% of Republican women would label themselves feminist. Education and income matter as well.