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antifeminism
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Antifeminism or anti-feminism is opposition to feminism. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, antifeminists opposed particular policy proposals for women's rights, such as the right to vote, educational opportunities, property rights, and access to birth control. In the mid and late 20th century, antifeminists often opposed the abortion-rights movement.
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- Instance of
- political ideology
- Part of
- backlash
- Has part
- masculism
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- opposite of
- feminism
- topic's main category
- Category:Antifeminism
- Commons category
- Antifeminism
- hashtag
- antifeminist
- different from
- gender-critical feminism
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24 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Ideology
- History
- United States
- 19th century
- Early 20th century
- Mid 20th century
- Late 20th century
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Abortion
- 21st century
- Germany
- Serbia
- South Korea
- Organizations
- Explanatory theories
- Implicit feminism
- Connections to far-right extremism
- Antifeminist politics
- See also
- References
- Cited sources
- Further reading
- External links
Antifeminism or anti-feminism is opposition to feminism. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, antifeminists opposed particular policy proposals for women's rights, such as the right to vote, educational opportunities, property rights, and access to birth control. In the mid and late 20th century, antifeminists often opposed the abortion-rights movement.
In the early 21st century, some antifeminists see their ideology as a response to perceived misandry, holding feminism responsible for several social problems, including lower college entrance and graduate rates of young men, gender differences in suicide and a perceived decline in masculinity. 21st century antifeminism has sometimes been an element of violent, far-right extremist acts. Antifeminism is often linked to the men's rights movement, a social movement concerned with perceived discrimination against men.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “antifeminism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.