Research has shown that there is current a large stigma around feminism, what it is and what it does. Where has this come from? Why to people think this?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/is-feminism-dangerous-to_b_5578829.html
'Is Feminism Dangerous to Men, and the Way Society Views Men and Boy'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3556894/How-feminism-harmed-women-Fay-Weldon-Author-says-suffered-work-not-want-to.html
'How feminism has harmed women'
-The title alone on this article is negative toward feminism
'Fay Weldon has admitted the movement has done some women more harm than good and has ‘undermined men’ too much as they are no longer able to support their families.'
'She added that women should not try and balance children, a career and a love life because they will be too busy and said it is harder to be a mother now than ever because women pile pressure on each other. '
'She explained: ‘Feminism has made us all go out to work and made us earn a living, and the male wage is no longer, because of feminism, able to support a family, so women have to work, which is very tiring. ‘Because we stuck up for freedom, freedom had its disadvantages. Because we won the revolution, the revolution has a fall-out and we suffer from that, but on the whole. Feminism has certainly undermined men if only because women now want to have girl babies, not boy babies, because their lot in life is better.’ Mrs Weldon, who has said that women must try harder to stop judging men and start liking them, has been married three times. '
-saying feminist has harmed females
-saying that all feminism means all females must work even if they don't want to
-freedom is bad
-undermined/against men
the conroponding comment section also show the stereotypes/issues surrouding these issues
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3620867/This-modern-feminist-looks-like-new-generation-bright-young-women-realised-mothers-sold-lie-sisterhood-proudly-seeking-fulfilment-family.html
'Professor Andrews points out that in the Eighties 'feminism was all about escaping from the home, getting a job, being financially independent'. But at what cost? My generation desperately juggled the demands of jobs and family, believing we had to establish a career or be judged failures. We were usually exhausted '
'What the feminists of my generation left out of the equation was love - which is the raison d'etre of domesticity.
-implies cannot be a feminist and love/be a mum
-misconception of what a feminist is
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4268100/Emma-Watson-insists-s-celebrity.html
'Feminist icon Emma Watson bares all: Actress poses for daring Vanity Fair shoot as she discusses growing up in the limelight and why she 'couldn't care less' if she wins an Oscar'
-implies cannot be a feminist but express herself
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3988030/As-provocative-film-argues-women-s-fight-equality-gone-far-emasculated-men-one-feminist-mother-son-reluctantly-admits-Men-downtrodden-sex.html
Men are now the downtrodden sex: Feminist (and mother of a son) reluctantly admits women's fight for equality has gone too far - as two men reveal how they were pushed to the brink of suicide
'With the gender pay gap still yawning wide and men showing no sign of relinquishing the top spots in business around the world, it’s easy to scoff at the very idea of them being at a disadvantage. But the fact is, in some crucial areas, they are. Take, for example, the fact that, according to the Higher Education Policy Institute, ‘a boy born in 2016 will be 75 per cent less likely to attend university than his sister if the present trends continue’. That’s no feminist victory, it’s a terrifying prediction which will have widespread ramifications, not just for men in the workplace, but for relationships between men and women as well. '
-admits the gender pay gap is still there
-but implies feminism has stop boys achieving
-has effect relationships as well
There are theories that the paucity of male teachers in primary schools is holding boys back and that a lack of male role models at secondary school is also discouraging them from applying to university. Here’s another disturbing statistic: across the UK and Republic of Ireland, men are three times more likely to take their own lives than women, according to the Samaritans. And yet women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression.
FEMINIST ISSUE BUT REPRESENATED AS THE CAUSES
After researching the area deeply it was found that a large amount of the press/media relating to the issue portrays in a negative light. Most articles surround the subject express the 'harm' or the issues this has causes therefor creating a negative impression of the term. Media has a very big impact to what the general public think surrounding and issue therefor this negative impression need to be balanced out the the correct definition/expression explained.
The more negative articles there are around the issue the more people will believe this is what the definition and the movement is about, the lack of understanding and the respentation causes the issue of why people feel and think the way they do.
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