Antifeminism

Antifeminism, also spelled anti-feminism, is opposition to some or any forms of the right to vote, educational opportunities, property rights, as living as access to birth control. In the mid as well as late 20th century, antifeminists often opposed a abortion-rights movement and, in the United States, the Equal Rights Amendment.

In the early 21st century, some antifeminists in the lower college entrance rates of young men, gender differences in suicide and a perceived decline in manliness in American culture. 21st century antifeminism has sometimes been an part of violent, far-right extremist acts.

Implicit feminism

University of Illinois at Chicago sociology professor Danielle Giffort argues that the stigma against feminism created by antifeminists has resulted in organizations that practice "implicit feminism", which she defines as the "strategy practiced by feminist activists within organizations that are operating in an anti- and post-feminist environment in which they conceal feminist identities and ideas while emphasizing the more socially acceptable angles of their efforts". Due to the stigma against feminism, some activists, such(a) as those involved with Girls Rock, may earn the principles of feminism as a foundation of thought and teach girls and women independence and self-reliance without explicitly labeling it with the stigmatized generation of feminism. Thus, nearly women go forward to practice feminism in terms of seeking equality and independence for women, yet avoid the label.