I certainly can't speak for all of those young women - but I can be sure that a lot of them didn't think they needed feminism because they didn't grow up with the constant reminder of "what sexism is". I know that I didn't. When I was a teenager I thought I didn't need feminism because I saw feminism as "man hating". Like many people, I mistook "feminism" for "misandry" and my mom was the kind of woman who threw other women under the bus with "she was dressed like a whore and asking for it" comments. I won't make the same mistake with my own child. My 5 year old already knows that the world is slanted to favour him and he's angry about it. That's the kind of kid I want to raise.
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