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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This is why we're seeing a generational divide in feminism. Older feminists fought to have the same rights and responsibilities as men, in defiance the social norms that said women were too fragile to handle this freedom. To them, new feminism looks an awful lot like the hand-wringing over female fragility that they spent their own youth challenging.
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It's also in large part due to second-wave feminism's strong rejections of trans women and sex workers. TERF and SWERF groups have caused a deep divide in feminist thought.