While just 35% of Britons identify as a feminist, 83% believe men and women should be equal in every way

Fan_Service_3703 · 2025-03-09T18:57:57+00:00

Contrary to popular belief, believing men and women should be equal and should have equal rights does not make a person "a feminist".

soggy_sock1931 · 2025-03-10T10:26:36+00:00

The old ‘if you believe in equality, you’re a feminist’ in the other post. They’re really trying hard to replace the word ‘egalitarian’ with a movement. With that condescending attitude, is it really a surprise why so many refuse to identify as one (as per the survey)?

vegetables-10000 · 2025-03-10T04:41:27+00:00

Remember guys Feminists idea of equality is men still adhering to gender roles that benefit women.

maomaochair · 2025-03-10T04:20:43+00:00

And being lestist or progressive doesn't mean being a feminist.

But it is desperated that both conservativists and leftists tend to believe it is (no matter for the purpose of againist or support it).

Local-Willingness784 · 2025-03-10T16:09:33+00:00

Around two in five men aged 18-29 (37%) say they are a feminist when asked the direct question (i.e. the word-only group); this level of self-identification decreases the older one gets, with only 22% of men aged 60 and above sharing this view.

In contrast, between 80-88% of men aged 50 and above are more likely to think men and women should have equal rights (the definition-only group) compared to 75% males aged 18-29.

seems like lots of younger men know that identifying as a feminist is the way to go in some places but at the same time there seems to be a slight uptake of rage against feminism amongst the same group, I imagine because most of us grew under feminist narratives and #metoo and #killallmen was going on when we where more impressionable, tho again maybe I'm wrong and those guys really are ideologically feminist instead of doing it out of convenience.

Lasttoflinch · 2025-03-10T04:59:56+00:00

Many feminists say being a feminist is the same as believing men and women should have equal rights. However, ask them if they're a musculinist and they'll say no, despite it having the same generic definition.

Alataire · 2025-03-10T17:38:08+00:00

They should add a question how many of those 35% identify as TERF, because whether or not those are feminists is a fun little discussion amongst Feminists. Waaaay more fun than the discussion whether men can be feminists, and whether men are even allowed to speak about feminism.

Tireless_AlphaFox · 2025-03-10T04:36:57+00:00

Absolutely, however, I suspect that 83% would go down if we delve into specific areas

Langland88 · 2025-03-10T10:46:07+00:00

This feels like an attempt to label the people of Britain as Feminists even though most of them don't identify as such. This is yet another one of those articles trying to keep insisting that Feminism is about equality for everyone when there is plenty of evidence to prove otherwise.

SaltSpecialistSalt · 2025-03-10T13:23:25+00:00

this is a manipulation tactic very often used be feminists. it is like saying if you believe in social equality then it means you are a communist, which is an example of reductive reasoning fallacy. feminism does not have monopoly to support womens rights or address gender related imbalances in society. you dont need to be a feminist to support equality. feminism has a very specific and harmful approach to gender related discussions

marchingrunjump · 2025-03-10T08:27:13+00:00

Feminism is about equal rights. Equal rights for women.

But never seems to have much of opinion of who’s obligated to back such rights.

E.g. the pay gap: women should be paid the same as men. Theoretically the same for work of equal value. Fair enough. But if women were to pay women more in women’s companies, who’s stopping them? How come feminists cannot convince women to pay women “fairly” thus out-balancing the paygap?

It always ends up with men being obligated to back women’s rights.

Alataire · 2025-03-10T17:38:03+00:00

They should add a question how many of those 35% identify as TERF, because whether or not those are feminists is a fun little discussion amongst Feminists. Waaaay more fun than the discussion whether men can be feminists, and whether men are even allowed to speak about feminism.

Fair-Might-5473 · 2025-03-10T21:05:08+00:00

If you care about equality (that involves getting all men getting higher class jobs), you are a men's right supporter.

SvitlanaLeo · 2025-03-10T23:18:37+00:00

I've seen plenty of self-identified feminists (not in Britain, but the world isn't limited to Britain) say that feminism "is not about equality, it's about women's rights."

Nethaerith · 2025-03-11T15:34:39+00:00

Many people believe everyone should have equal rights, very few will act and do something about it. Feminists just act with manifestations, sharing facts, proposing solutions... Acting is also the reason why the movement got them politicized and, eventually, hated. Same for people who try to stop child labor, racism... Most people think it's not normal but very few will actually do something about it, and it leads them to be politicized and hated too.

CeleryMan20 · 2025-03-13T20:07:17+00:00

a definition saying that feminism was believing that men and women should have equal rights and status in society, followed by the question asking whether or not they are a feminist (‘word + definition’ group).

So if I disagree with their definition of feminism, I would still answer no, right?

Yet 65% went along with the word+definition, compared to 35% of the word-only. You can reject the premise, people!

The entire piece of research assumes that the definition is correct, and fails to accept that they are asking two different questions, not the same question phrased in three ways.

Far-Bee-4909 · 2025-03-14T07:05:49+00:00

Feminists don't believe in a equality.

Modern feminism is a basically an irrational hate cult.

MaximumTangerine5662 · 2025-03-10T10:34:35+00:00

England would be a pleasant place to be. The English people there are pretty welcoming, although of course there will still be people who ruin the fun or culture.

Title	While just 35% of Britons identify as a feminist, 83% believe men and women should be equal in every way
Author	Fan_Service_3703
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Date	March 9, 2025 6:55 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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