POLL
Washington Post-Kaiser Family
Foundation Poll
Do you consider yourself to be a strong feminist, a feminist, not a feminist or an anti-feminist?
Q:
Strong feminist
17%
Feminist
43%
Not a feminist
30%
Women
Anti-feminist
2%
No opinion
7%
Strong feminist
10%
Feminist
23%
Men
Not a feminist
50%
Anti-feminist
5%
No opinion
12%
Women in different age groups identify themselves as feminist (strong feminist and feminist) differently. 68% of women between 50 and 54 identified as feminist while 51% women between 35 and 49 did so.
Age
18-34
35-49
63% identified as
strong feminist or feminist
51%
65+
50-64
68%
58%
Do you think the feminist movement today is focused on changes you want, or not?
Q:
No
opinion
17%
Yes
48%
All
women
No
35%
Responses from women in
different age groups:
No
opinion
Yes
No
58%
28%
14%
18-34
50%
39%
11%
35-49
43%
37%
20%
50-64
38%
39%
23%
65+
Do you think these words describe feminism in the United States?
Q:
“ANGRY”
Yes
43%
No
54%
No
opinion
3%
“OUTDATED”
30%
Yes
66%
No
No
opinion
4%
“EMPOWERING”
70%
Yes
No
26%
No
opinion
4%
Although men and women overall have similar opinions about whether certain words describe feminism in the United States, women in different age groups reacted differently.
“outdated”
Age
18-34
16 percent of women younger than 35 say feminism is “outdated,” compared with more than0 one-third of older women.
35-49
50-64
65+
“EMPOWERING”
18-34
83% of women between 18 and 34 say feminism is “empowering,” compared with 68% of women between 35 and 49 and an even smaller percentage among older women.
35-49
50-64
65+
The feminist movement unfairly blames men for women's challenges. Is this true or not true?
Q:
True
Not true
46%
49%
Overall
41%
54%
Women
52%
43%
Men
Which of the following do you think is a bigger factor keeping women from achieving full equality with men?
Q:
The choices women make themselves
45%
Discrimination against women
42%
Both
8%
No opinion
4%
More women have voted for a candidate because of support for women’s rights than men. Women ages 50 to 64 have done so more than women in any other age group.
Have you ever voted for a candidate because of his or her support for women’s rights?
Q:
Yes
No
Women
40%
58%
Men
26%
72%
63%
57%
40%
37%
Women
age 18-34
35-49
Yes
No
Yes
No
63%
49%
36%
50-64
65+
Yes
No
Yes
No
Younger women are no more likely to contact public officials about views on women’s rights than older women, but they are far more likely to express opinions on social media.
Have you ever phoned, written or sent e-mail to a public official expressing your views on women’s rights?
Q:
Percentage of women answer “yes”
All women
14%
Age 18-34
13%
35-49
14%
50-64
17%
65+
14%
Q:
Have you ever expressed your views about women’s rights on a social media site like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram?
Percentage of women answer “yes”
29%
Age 18-34
45%
35-49
34%
50-64
20%
65+
9%
POLL
Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation Poll
Do you consider yourself to be a strong feminist, a feminist, not a feminist or an anti-feminist?
Q:
Men
Women
10%
17%
Strong feminist
43%
Feminist
23%
50%
Not a feminist
30%
Anti-feminist
5%
2%
No opinion
12%
7%
Women in different age groups identify themselves as feminist (strong feminist and feminist) differently. 68% of women between 50 and 54 identified as feminist while 51% women between 35 and 49 did so.
Age
18-34
35-49
65+
50-64
63% identified as
strong feminist or feminist
51%
68%
58%
Do you think the feminist movement today is focused on changes you want, or not?
Q:
No opinion 17%
Yes 48%
All women
No 35%
Responses from women in different age groups:
Yes
No
No opinion
58%
28%
14%
Age 18-34
50%
39%
11%
35-49
43%
37%
20%
50-64
38%
39%
23%
65+
Q: Do you think these words describe feminism in the United States?
“ANGRY”
Yes, it describes
43%
No, it doesn’t describe
54%
No opinion
3%
“OUTDATED”
Yes
30%
No
66%
No opinion
4%
“EMPOWERING”
Yes
70%
No
26%
No opinion
4%
Although men and women overall have similar opinions about whether certain words describe feminism in the United States, women in different age groups reacted differently.
“OUTDATED”
16 percent of women younger than 35 say feminism is “outdated,” compared with more than one-third of older women.
Age
18-34
35-49
65+
50-64
16% think feminism
is “outdated”
37%
37%
33%
“EMPOWERING”
83% of women between 18 and 34 say feminism is “empowering,” compared with 68% of women between 35 and 49 and an even smaller percentage among older women.
35-49
50-64
65+
18-34
83% think feminism
is “empowering”
68%
64%
56%
The feminist movement unfairly blames men for women's challenges. Is this true or not true?
Q:
True
Not true
No opinion
46%
49%
5%
Overall
41%
54%
5%
Women
52%
43%
5%
Men
Which of the following do you think is a bigger factor keeping women from achieving full equality with men?
Q:
Among all women:
The choices women
make themselves
Discrimination
against women
Other/No
opinion
Both
44%
44%
8%
5%
More women have voted for a candidate because of support for women’s rights than men. Women ages 50 to 64 have done so more than women in any other age group.
Have you ever voted for a candidate because of his or her support for women’s rights?
Q:
Yes
No
Yes
No
Women
Men
40%
58%
26%
72%
63%
63%
57%
49%
49%
40%
37%
36%
Women
age 18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Younger women are no more likely to contact public officials about views on women’s rights than older women, but they are far more likely to express opinions on social media.
Have you ever phoned, written or sent e-mail to a public official expressing your views on women’s rights?
Q:
Percentage of women who answer “yes”
All women
14%
Age 18-34
13%
35-49
14%
50-64
17%
65+
14%
Have you ever expressed your views about women’s rights on a social media site like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram?
Q:
Percentage of women who answer “yes”
All women
29%
Age 18-34
45%
35-49
34%
50-64
20%
65+
9%
