I wouldn't call almost all leaders of prominent feminist organizations of a nation to be just "extremists from the sixties or tumblr blogs". If anything they are the face of feminism. Just like the leaders of parties are the face of said parties and the ideology they push. If all right wing party leaders were to make racist statements surely it would be normal for people to associate the ideology with racism and raise eyebrows at people who willingly identify under that ideology. (And that's also what's actually happening with regards to Extreme Right wingers, they're also not a hivemind, but yet they're still judged as such, and the reason why is because they identify to an ideology which has spread quite a few questionable ideas through its protagonists)Silvanus said:Well, that's still assuming this attitude is actually prevalent outside of a few tumblr blogs. Whenever I've requested evidence, it's usually been either uninfluential bloggers or fringe extremists from the sixties.
You know the way i see it is quite simple. Since the strong activists are pushing agenda X, if you don't agree with it, why the fuck identify as someone from said ideology? Ideologies change, the feminism of "We want equal rights" is long gone (mainly since such an activism has become irrelevant in most western nation). None of the people i know identify as feminists and none of them want women not to have equal rights and deserve fair treatment. It's clear it's no longer a "feminism thing", it's the norm. (doesn't mean everyone agrees with it mind you, but those who don't already have their label: "chauvinist", "misogynist", etc.)