Kellyanne Conway Says Feminism Is “Anti-Male” and “Pro-Abortion” in CPAC Talk
“I was raised to be a very strong and independent woman without anyone ever saying the word feminist or having a political conversation,” she said. “Hillary Clinton should be applauded for her willingness to serve publicly, but I thought it was very telling this year that many women looked past the commonality of gender and were looking for what they shared in terms of issues, ideology, vision, and what they wanted out of their futures for themselves.”
She expanded on the argument that the feminist movement, as it stands today, doesn’t fit with her conservative ideology, and even called it “anti-male,” a criticism she’s lobbed before:
“I believe this generation, particularly the younger people, don’t really like labels. We’re not necessarily joiners, or liking to label ourselves. That’s great in its own right, so I don’t know about calling yourself a feminist. I also, for me, it’s difficult for me to call myself a feminist in the classic sense because it seems to be very anti-male and it certainly is very pro-abortion in this context. And I’m neither anti-male or pro-abortion. So there’s an individual feminism, if you will, that you make your own choices. Mercedes, I look at myself as a product of my choices rather than a victim of my circumstances, and that’s really, to me, what conservative feminism, if you will, is all about.”
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