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Grex Femme Item 20: Freep reports teen feminism is on the rise... is it true?
Entered by popcorn on Mon May 2 22:16:58 UTC 1994:

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#1 of 3 by koneko on Sun Aug 8 21:26:16 1999:

I guess that his is an old article, but I will approach it anyway, for the
sake of edification, perhaps?
Anyway, I guess, I being a teenager, I can answer this truthfully.  Around
here, in my state of North Dakota, feminism is rising amongst the
"lower"classes.  I took this to mean that the children of middle to low
income were starting to approach feminism.  The higher class students and
teenagers do not respond to femisnism as much.  I have my theories as to
why, but this is not the time nor the place.  Anyway, women in my high
school are reporting harassment more often, and gym is becoming a bit more
competitive now that women are overcoming the "girls don't get sweaty"
training.
        Overview, yes, women are becoming more aware of their conditions and
such, and yes, we are trying to do something about it.

#2 of 3 by swa on Sun Aug 22 21:47:34 1999:

Well, I was a teenager when this item was first entered... :)

I know that in my high school, the *word* "feminist" was seen as a bad word.
It was not cool to call yourself a feminist... the few friends of mine who
did were ridiculed for it a bit.  At the same time, I think there were a
lot of girls at my school who were concerned about issues like date rape,
abortion, wage discrimination, etc.  But most of us weren't quite secure
enough in ourselves to openly call ourselves feminists.  The discussions
were on a more subtle level.

College, now... that was a different story... :)

#3 of 3 by sarahlee on Tue May 20 23:32:53 2003:

I was 15 in 1994, and had I known NOW existed, I would have been all
over it. I was a feminist in '94, and didn't even realize. :)

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