My interviewee believes feminism is not a dirty word, but the media, people's misunderstanding of what the word means and represent, and how people have used the word have made it become a dirty word. People have come to associate the word with "crazy" people and extremists. My interviewee cited research videos that interviewed other people asking individuals if they supported feminism and if they were feminists. When people answered "no" the researchers would ask them follow up questions including why and if they people knew what the word feminism meant. After informing the people of the actual meaning behind the word feminism many people were left baffled and confused. Many changed their minds about supporting feminism, but wouldn't say they were feminists because the negative stigma that goes along with the word has become so prominent in today's culture and popular mass media.
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