Elaine Hall And Marnie Salupo Rodriguez's Article: The Myth Of Antifeminism

Women’s issues are a huge concern to me as I transition into the adult world, especially when sexual assaults are associated with the college culture. From the streets of America to a child bride in Africa, women are suffering from abuse, harassment, and mistreatment. The feminist movement has enhanced life for women, but, in modern society, there are many areas that still need improvement. If we want to resolve issues over the treatment of women, we must tackle and overcome negative views of women, take preventive measures to ensure the safety of women, and bring attention to these injustices.

To better appeal to opposing attitudes that hinder progress, we must acknowledge and understand them. It is rather unexpected for people to oppose the

Elaine Hall and Marnie Salupo Rodriguez wrote an article titled “The Myth of Postfeminism” that highlights four main reasons of opposition. Support for feminism has decreased because of the rise of antifeminism or the belief that it is an irrelevant movement. Predominantly, society has adopted a “no, but…” version where women refuse to identify as a feminist yet “endorse feminist objectives of gender equity” (Hall and Rodriguez 883). When people demand core freedoms like equal wages, economic independence, and the ability to make reproductive choices but do not identify with the movement, they have been swayed by misrepresentation in the

Women’s participation in school or the workplace are negatively affected because of the fear of violence, and many long-term health consequences arise from physical and sexual abuse. Heartbreakingly, a woman in South Africa has a “greater chance of being raped than she has of learning to read” (Tracy 6). In the patriarchal society of China, infants or fetuses face death simply for being born female (Tracy 18). After reading the reported incidences of violence against women, it is nothing but frustrating to hear women not supporting feminism. They do not need feminism because they represent a victory for this movement with the freedom to work alongside men, attend school, and choose their life partners. However, as shown in International Violence Against Women, there are many women and girls begging for a change. This population is the next victory for