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I'm a complex mess of "I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing" so if you've figured where I stand you're a step ahead of me. But that's beside the point. I'm more here to explain why feminism is disliked the way it is.

I'm gonna start with your definition for feminism. Personally, I think it's accurate. Feminism is a movement whose purpose is to improve and expand women's rights. You're right, that is feminism. However that's not what a lot of vocal feminists are saying.

The first definition in Websters Dictionary is "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" and what you see in a lot on the news and in debates is basically that, minus the theory part. It's not uncommon to see someone who is speaking for feminism to claim that it is "the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" or some derivation there in. I've also heard it be said numerous times that "feminism is for everyone."

Personally I think this is because that definition fits well within intersectional feminism but that definition changes feminism from a strictly female goal to a broader, more humanitarian goal. Once again, personally I would approve, if we're going to improve society and our culture as a whole, we need to look at the issue from angles, but in practice, that's not what is seen on the part of feminists, who claim to be working with the broader goal in mind, but still focus entirely on female issues.

You have an accurate idea of the nature of feminism, but that isn't what feminism is portraying itself as and not what people on the otherside are expecting from a movement that claims to be "the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes."

Is that understandable?