Why Do High School Students Support Feminism?

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Of the 30 surveys, 50% were done by males, and the other 50% by females. The high school students ranged from grade 9 - Post grade (ages 14-18). Two students ages 14, five students ages 15, five students ages 16, fifteen students ages 17, and three students ages 18. The students began the survey by answering if they believe in equality, and if they support feminism: 93.3% of students stated they believe in equality the other 6.7% said they do not believe in this idea (see Figure 2). Although equality is the ultimate goal for mankind, not everyone believes in it. As seen in the survey results, there are individuals that do agree on these terms. When asked if students support this ideology, 70% do not support feminism, while 30% do support …show more content…

56.7% of students considered themselves as feminists, and 43.3% of students did not label themselves as feminists (see Figure 4). Feminism is a belief that many people argue for and against; the primary data clearly exemplifies that people have different views on this ideology based on their own personal opinion. When the high school students were asked if they believe if feminism has a bad reputation, 83.3% of them agreed to this statement, 16.7% said somewhat, while on the other hand, no one disagreed (see Figure 5). This proves that students do believe or somewhat believe that feminism has a negative overtone associated with it. As time progresses this movement continues to grow, to become more popular to young adults. The students were told to answer a question asking them if social media, celebrities, or the internet changed their thoughts on feminism on a scale of 1-10 (One being that it has not changed the ideas and thoughts of Feminism, and ten being that it has strongly changed the ideas and thoughts of Feminism). one person (3.33%) said 5/10, one person (3.33%) said 6/10, seven people (23.33%) said 7/10, ten people (33.33%) said 8/10, four people (13.33%) said 9/10, seven people (23.33%) said 10/10 (see Figure 6). A majority of the students do believe that the internet, social media, and celebrities altered their perspective in a significant

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