"There's nothing anti-feminists love more than using their platforms-afforded to them by decades of feminist activism-to tell other women that, actually, feminism is what's holding them back, and not the powers, institutions, or male politicians that be. Every headline I've read this year where someone like Megyn Kelly-or, more recently, Erika Kirk-suggests feminism is the root of society's ills has morphed me into a frantic medieval torture rat, desperately clawing my way into someone's abdomen to escape the heated metal cage placed over my body."
"So you can imagine my mental torment after having read that new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has produced a series of upcoming town halls (in collaboration with The Free Press, of course) that "will address topics" like "Has Feminism Failed Women?" I welcome discussion and debate about any ideology or political movement, but the right doesn't want to have a debate about feminism-they want to rant and rave"
Conservative media figures and platforms, leveraging gains won by feminist activism, portray feminism as responsible for women's problems to deflect scrutiny from male-dominated institutions and political failures. Such framing channels criticism toward reproductive-rights supporters and stigmatizes advocacy for reproductive healthcare instead of addressing tangible policy deficiencies, such as the United States' lack of federally mandated paid parental leave. The strategy protects conservative women from examining their political choices and complicity in opposing gender equity. Corporate sponsorship and a prominence of male commentators further illustrate gendered power imbalances in public debates about feminism.
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