Why do fewer women subscribe to the idea that they are feminists in 2003 than was the case in the 70's and early 80's?

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Why do fewer women subscribe to the idea that they are feminists in 2003 than may have been the case in the 70's and early 80's. Within this essay I will be identifying the reasons why many women are reluctant to call themselves feminists. I will look at the ideas and opinions of feminists such as Natasha Walter, Katherine Viner, Germaine Greer and Imelda Whelehan in order to answer the question and hope to successfully show …

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…a modern feminism of their own, which they themselves can define. Many feminist intellectuals have got so far away from their base of support that common people don't relate to their goals as they did in the 1970's and early 80's and if women are to resist social constraints and have control then feminism, of some form, needs to be strong and women need to move forward together instead of a few at a time.