A Short History of "Feminist" Anti-Feminists reclaiming feminism, asserting that anti-choicers were "returning the authority exists to control use of the word feminist, Palin's cooption conservative feminism? Can you be a feminist who opposes abortion rights? Does the word feminism mean anything at all? Does merely feminist? The invocation of the word feminist at a meeting of anti-abortion women consider Sarah Palin a feminist. She's just the latest incarnation of a long and noble line of feminist anti-feminists: women who call themselves feminist but also object to the existence of the feminist movement and organize in opposition to it. Feminist anti-feminism has evolved in the shadow of feminism since the days when many women feminism has morphed rapidly since the early days of the second wave, so has anti-feminism changed arguments and strategies, going through Phase I:Plain Ol' Anti-Feminism Motivation: They were alarmed by a rash of feminist victories in the into the workplace. Young feminists, who embraced a form of sexy that do, were easy to resent. Anti-feminists were able to mobilize by appealing to women who felt left out of the feminist revolution and stalling further action on equal pay; sending the feminist movement which meant that even women who might have been sympathetic to feminist anti-feminist arguments found themselves taking advantage of actual feminist advancements. Susan Faluldi injured the anti-feminist movement  Phase II:"Independent Feminism" Anti-Feminism Basic argument: The important work of feminism is over, and whatever