American Feminism
A recent Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll asked Americans the following question:
Do you consider yourself to be a strong feminist, a feminist, not a feminist or an anti-feminist?
What percent of American women responded, "not a feminist"?
How accurate was your prediction?
What is the big story this information tells about the American opinion of feminism?
Why do you think that is?
What is one consequence of this?
What does the word feminism mean to you?
Why do you think women and men have different answers to this question?
List two government policies that you believe a feminist would support:
How do you think opinions on feminism affected the 2016 presidential election?
Using the data from this graph and your knowledge of American politics and history, explain why we have had an African American president, but not a female president.
What is the most surprising data from this graph?
Describe your reaction to the fact that one third of American men said they were either a feminist or a strong feminist.
About an equal portion of American women said they were either not a feminist or an anti-feminist. Please explain your reaction to this.
And what does anti-feminist mean, anyway?
How do you think age affects people's opinion of feminism?*
Explain your own answer to: Do you consider yourself to be a strong feminist, a feminist, not a feminist or an anti-feminist?
About 1/10 of all Americans had no opinion at all about this question!!! Explain how someone could not have an opinion about this:
What is another big issue that these same 10% of Americans would probably have no opinion on.
In the comments section below, write a question that you think it would very difficult to have no opinion about. For example, "Do you like Donald Trump?" Or, "Would you like me to poke you in the face with this hot fork?"
Which of the following words do you think best describes feminism in the US today; angry, outdated, empowering?**
Who do you think is the best known feminist in America?***
