The modern reaction series (Part 2 of 2): Feminazism

This issue is the most recent one yet. It's not a counter-movement initiated by men because they felt oppressed, outnumbered, or whatever the reasons behind the "Meninist" movement. This is an accusation. And one that was specifically made by men.

The term "Feminazism" is a recent revelation coined by Thomas Hazlett, a professor of Economics at the University of California - but it was popularized by Rush Limbaugh, an American radio host and political commentator belonging to the Republican Party. Both are men, and both oppose to the feminist movement. Not only do they oppose, but they made it seem as though the feminist movement can be paralleled with the Nazi regime.

During an interview with The Times magazine, Limbaugh described feminism while stating that "Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society".

In his book, The Way Things Ought to Be, Limbaugh elaborates the association of the feminist movement with Nazism, he wrote: "I often use it to describe women who are obsessed with perpetuating a modern-day holocaust: abortion".

The term was sadly popularized and used against feminists. So much so that it was abused and thrown at any feminist.

What needs to be made clear is that no one denies the existence of female-extremists. Those aren't feminists. They exist, and they demand that women be considered the superior sex.

But what Limbaugh and Hazlett are describing aren't those extremists. They limited their accusation to one single manifestation of the demands of feminists, making it worse by objectifying women and affirming that they need the feminist movement in order to find a place next to a man.

Comparing a movement to a regime responsible for crimes against humanity cannot be justified. Even if it was used to describe female extremists. The word "extremism" should suffice, because even if they were fanatical in their way of thinking, they weren't criminals, much less responsible for a "modern-day Holocaust".

An example of the abuse of the term manifested with Charlotte Proudman, a UK barrister branded as a "feminazi" when she tweeted a screenshot of her LinkedIn exchange with a senior City solicitor, rebuking him for complimenting her on her profile photograph. Whether the accusation of sexism made by Proudman was in its place or not is not the question. The speed that the Daily Mail took to accuse Proudman of "feminazism" is alarming.

By allowing this accusation to grow and to be used freely without restrictions, some men have proven their allegiance to old patriarchal systems, conservatism, and their will to remain the superior sex. Accusing women of "feminazism" when all that women want are equal Human Rights is disgraceful.