Clare Roche
When the Me Too movement exploded over the internet it didn’t just incite courage amoung survivors to tell their story and share their trauma.
It exposed an ugly underbelly of years of abuse and a cycle of misogynistic behaviours and sexist attitudes that underpinned an aspect of society that had been kept hidden.
It can be said that modern day Feminism has a louder voice and a bigger platform for all genders and generations to change this stoneage mentailty that has pervaded the human psyche for too long.
But this voice has caused a backlash from those who now deem it obsolite.
A recent survey conducted by Hope not Hate Charitible Trust concluded that Half of the Gen Z men that underwent the questionnaire felt as though feminism has gone too far and that it now impedes their ability to succeed.
- Trust assessed more than 2000 participants aged between 16 and 24
- Almost one in five boys and young men aged between 16 and 24 hold negative views about feminists
- Of the 2,076 participants, 49 percent stated that their belief is that it is a more dangerous time to be a woman than a man.
Zoe Kerruish and Margaret Green disscus why feminism is still relevent today and what a feminist looks like in 2020.