{"id":9908,"date":"2020-07-14T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/most-americans-support-gender-equality-even-if-they-dont-identify-as-feminists\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:45:20","slug":"most-americans-support-gender-equality-even-if-they-dont-identify-as-feminists","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/07\/14\/most-americans-support-gender-equality-even-if-they-dont-identify-as-feminists\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans support gender equality, even if they don\u2019t identify as feminists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18841\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/07\/14\/most-americans-support-gender-equality-even-if-they-dont-identify-as-feminists\/ft_2020-07-14_feminists_01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ededec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ededec;\" decoding=\"async\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_01.png?resize=480,501 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_01.png?resize=782,816 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_01.png?resize=840,876 840w\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_01.png?w=840\" alt=\"Majority of Americans say gender equality is very important, whether they identify as feminists or not\" class=\"wp-image-18841 not-transparent\" width=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the values of the feminist movement have been accepted across the political spectrum in the United States, even among Americans who don\u2019t personally identify as feminists, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2020\/07\/07\/a-century-after-women-gained-the-right-to-vote-majority-of-americans-see-work-to-do-on-gender-equality\/\">Pew Research Center survey about gender equality<\/a> that comes 100 years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, a majority of Democrats and Republicans \u2013 whether they <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/07\/07\/61-of-u-s-women-say-feminist-describes-them-well-many-see-feminism-as-empowering-polarizing\/\">identify as feminists<\/a> or not \u2013 say it is very important for women to have equal rights with men. Similarly, majorities in both partisan coalitions support adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey comes as scholars and commentators debate the impact of feminism on women\u2019s rights and broader American culture. Some argue that feminism has become universal and that the values and principles of women\u2019s equality and empowerment have already been adopted to a large extent by society, <a href=\"https:\/\/vc.bridgew.edu\/jiws\/vol5\/iss5\/2\/\">no longer requiring identification with the label of feminist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"is-style-alternate wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible js-react-collapsible is-style-alternate\" data-title=\"How we did this\" data-style=\"is-style-alternate\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans\u2019 views on feminism, women\u2019s rights and obstacles to gender equality. For this analysis, feminists include those who say \u201cfeminist\u201d describes them very or somewhat well, and non-feminists include those who say it describes them not too or not at all well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This analysis is based on 3,143 U.S. adults surveyed in March and April 2020, including an <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/10\/25\/oversampling-is-used-to-study-small-groups-not-bias-poll-results\/\">oversample<\/a> of Black and Hispanic respondents. The adults surveyed are members of the Ipsos Public Affairs KnowledgePanel, an online survey panel that is recruited through national random sampling of residential addresses and landline and cellphone numbers. KnowledgePanel provides internet access for those who do not have it and, if needed, a device to access the internet when they join the panel. To ensure that the results of this survey reflect a balanced cross section of the nation, the data is weighted to match the U.S. adult population by gender, age, education, race and ethnicity, and other categories. The survey was conducted in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Feminists-nonfeminists-topline-new.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for this report, along with responses, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2020\/07\/07\/methodology-35\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Center\u2019s survey finds broad agreement on some aspects of gender equality, it also finds differences between self-identified feminists and non-feminists on other measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feminists, for instance, are much more likely than non-feminists to say the country has not gone far enough when it comes to giving women equal rights with men (74% vs. 39%). Feminists are also more likely to say the bigger problem is people not seeing discrimination against women where it really does exist, rather than people seeing discrimination against women where it really does <em>not<\/em> exist. About eight-in-ten adults who identify as feminist (81%) say not seeing discrimination is the bigger problem, compared with 53% of non-feminists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To some extent, these differences can be explained by partisanship: Feminists are far more likely than non-feminists to identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party. Overall, Democrats and those who lean Democratic are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say gender equality is very important, and they are more than twice as likely to say the country has not gone far enough in giving women equal rights (76% vs. 33%). And while most Democrats (85%) say the bigger problem is people not seeing discrimination against women where it really does exist, a much smaller share of Republicans (46%) say the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even when taking partisanship into account, differences exist between feminists and non-feminists. In both parties, for example, there are gaps of around 25 percentage points between feminists and non-feminists in the shares saying the country has not gone far enough in giving women equal rights with men. About half of Republican feminists (49%) say this, compared with a quarter of Republican non-feminists. While 85% of Democratic feminists say the country has not gone far enough, the share falls to 60% among Democratic non-feminists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18837\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/07\/14\/most-americans-support-gender-equality-even-if-they-dont-identify-as-feminists\/ft_2020-07-14_feminists_02-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_02.png?resize=480,346 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_02.png?resize=782,563 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_02.png?resize=960,692 960w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_02.png?resize=1200,864 1200w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_02.png?resize=1280,922 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"738\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/ft_2020.07.14_feminists_02.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Views on gender equality differ between those who do and do not identify as feminists, even when taking partisanship into account\" class=\"wp-image-18837 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same pattern appears on other questions. Six-in-ten Republican feminists say the bigger problem is people not seeing discrimination against women where it really does exist, compared with 38% of Republican non-feminists. Nine-in-ten Democratic feminists say this, compared with 75% of Democratic non-feminists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these differences, Democrats \u2013 including those who don\u2019t identify as feminists \u2013 are more likely than both Republican feminists and non-feminists to say the country hasn\u2019t gone far enough in giving women equal rights and that the bigger problem is people not seeing gender discrimination where it really exists. They\u2019re also more likely to favor adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution \u2013 a view held by a majority of Americans overall, including 62% of non-feminist Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Feminists-nonfeminists-topline-new.pdf\">the questions used<\/a> for this report, along with responses, and its <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2020\/07\/07\/methodology-35\"><em>methodology<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the values of the feminist movement have been accepted across the political spectrum in the United 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