Why is feminism so hated in the UK

I hear so much negativity about women who class themselves as feminists, silly stereotypes and assumptions and pure ignorance.
Why does such a developed nation have such ignorant views?

"Ignorance"


Trust me, this kind of ridiculousness is just scratching at the surface...
[video="youtube;MNH0bmYT7os"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNH0bmYT7os[/video]

If you don't want to watch it, in short, she complains that women always feel cold in offices and suggests that as a compromise, the temperatures should go up while the men can scrap the suits in the office. Not that I'd be against that idea, but the it's a very dumb solution (why can't those who are cold simply wear another layer?) and an incredibly stupid thing to complain about...

I hear so much negativity about women who class themselves as feminists, silly stereotypes and assumptions and pure ignorance.
Why does such a developed nation have such ignorant views?

"Feminism" covers a wide range of things, but the main type of "feminist" people hear about are the crazy ones saying all men are evil, all baby boys should be castrated, that men cannot suffer abuse or discrimination just cos they are men blah blah blah. There are so many nuts conspiracy theories that are related to feminism and the media and people just can't help but share. "Real" feminism and more legitimate issues aren't as interesting so don't get as much attention.
It's those feminists who are giving others that bad reputation and making people think all feminists are crazy.

Depends where you are really. In a girls school, they are ALL feminists and they dont realise till they leave. Boys schools tend be anti-feminist without even realising. I should know, went to both types and have friends who have been to one or both

Because most british men are bitter beta males who wish they were alpha males therefore these are the type of men who despise feminists the most.

I have never met or seen anyone write baby boys should be castrated.

But you are quite right. There is one woman who says men should be controlled or whatever, and that is what is picked up and that is what people call feminism.

It's disingenuous.

It was a fb post or something that I read a couple of years ago which was pretty much a woman saying if she had a boy she would do this and that because men are evil.
I did try to find it so I didn't sound like I was just making things up, but I can't.

Problem is it's such an open term that anybody can use it to describe their thoughts. That can be people who genuinely want equality and for certain inequalities to be fixed, but it can also be people who just hate men and are frankly sexist themselves.

There are even cases of women laughing at and denying male rape victims or even saying they deserved it just for being male.
People can claim that sexist bs as feminism and after a while people start to hate the term because it's always used in such a dumb way.
Bit like some medical terms that have since become unacceptable to say because of how they were and are used to discriminate- think R and S words.