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“OUTDATED”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“outdated”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16 percent of women younger than 35 say feminism is “outdated,” compared with more than0 one-third of older women.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+