What is a Feminist?A Research PaperFrank CarloBorough of Manhattan Community CollegeThis paper was prepared for Psy 245-002, commissioned by Professor Dalmau.The purpose of this research project is to see who is considered a feminist, and why, in the eyes of three women and three men. To see what they believe the behaviors, ideologies, beliefs and values ​​of a feminist are. Participants were interviewed and asked questions about feminism found in the textbook “The Psychology of Women” by Margaret Matlin. I chose to do this particular study because there seems to be a lot of controversy just around the word feminism. There are so many conflicting beliefs about it. This seems like the perfect study to really see what women and men think, at least six participants think about it. In an online article titled “What is Feminist Theory” by Erwin Z, he writes about what feminist theory is. Feminist theory, in simple terms, is a theory about women's rights and equality for all genders. The theory involves the study of women's roles in society, including their privileges, interests, rights and concerns. It turns out that there were many different feminist theories released as early as 1792. Many of these publications featured limited privileges and rights of women due to misperceptions towards them. Feminist theory can be applied to several disciplines, one of which is language. Feminist theory also highlights the world's prejudices regarding women's bodies. According to history, men were associated with the brain while women were associated with the body. In another online article titled "Feminism: What is it?", it explains what feminism is. According to the article, feminism is... at the center of the paper... in an extraordinary way. We as a people must remember that whenever objectification, violations of all human rights, stereotyping, or oppression based on gender and sexuality occurs, it is a feminist issue. While in the midst of the interviews, my assumption was that the older interviewees would score the same on the tests and that the younger ones would score the same. Apparently, the younger ones scored the same, and half of the older ones scored the same, while the other half scored poorly. It appears that two out of three men had negative opinions about feminism, but it's all a matter of perception. Furthermore, the claim and study that working women are less likely to get married are completely false. The media tried to blame feminism for unmarried women, when it is feminism that creates longer-lasting marriages, and that's what I find most interesting about my discovery.