Reply #36: They may feel that way but they know it isn't true [View All]

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That discrepancy creates a lot of confusion for younger women as well as others. Although "some disagree with the specifics you cite" that doesn't change the realities. Yes, there have been improvements-- and increased awareness-- over the past 40 years. However "the battle" has not been "won."

"With that as a backdrop and generally held perception, when any particular group starts stridently claiming massive and insideous discrimination, is there any wonder that it is a hard sell?"

The OP and your comment were about the demonization of the word "feminist." The "backdrop" is flimsy cardboard, the "generally held perception" is illusion. This thread is not "stridently claiming massive and insideous discrimination." However, when women's rights advocates point out the work that remains to be done to make REAL the imagined equality, the demonization of "strident" feminists makes it easy to dismiss as a "hard sell."