Der Feminismus ist bei jungen Menschen auf dem Rückzug, und für die Hälfte von ihnen handelt es sich dabei um politische Manipulation. (Spanien)

TRANSLATION

Only 38% of young people in Spain identify as feminist, the lowest level since 2021; half endorse ideas of romantic love and one in four girls has her phone controlled by her partner

Feminism is declining significantly among young people. Four out of ten identify as feminists. The percentage has fallen from 50% in 2021 to 38% in 2025 — a drop of twelve points, reaching the lowest level since the previous peak. In addition, nearly half of respondents in the Fad Juventud study perceive feminism as a tool for political manipulation.

By age group, those between 15 and 19 years old are the least likely to identify as feminist, with only one in four doing so. In contrast, a majority of people in their thirties identify with that position. There are gender differences: 51% of girls identify as feminist compared to 26% of boys. However, feminism has also declined among young women, dropping six points in just two years. In 2023, the percentage exceeded 57%.

Although young people show broad consensus on equal rights and responsibilities within romantic relationships (one in eight explicitly defend this), strong dynamics of control and gender-based violence persist, with very visible gaps. Thirty-two percent of young women say their partner has gotten angry when they did not immediately respond to messages or calls (17% of boys report the same); 27% say their partner has checked their phone (17% of boys), and 26% say they have been told who they can or cannot talk to (17% of boys).

In the area of sexual violence, one in five young women say they have been forced to have sexual relations when they did not want to, compared to 8% of boys. The impact and consequences of that violence are greater for them: 44% of women report having experienced mental health problems or feelings of guilt or shame, compared to 19% of boys.

In addition, half of young people endorse ideas associated with romantic love: they agree that having a partner implies total devotion to the other person and consider it something that should be conceived as a lifelong project. And a worrying percentage hold toxic and possessive ideas: 31% believe they deserve to know where their partner is at all times, 23% interpret jealousy as proof of love, and 21% normalize checking their partner’s phone.

These figures come from the new Youth and Gender Barometer by FAD Juventud, based on online surveys of a sample of 3,327 people, of whom 1,528 are young people aged 15 to 29. The study, funded by the Government Delegation against Gender Violence of the Ministry of Equality, was conducted between April and May of last year.

“Haha, feminists are dumb, feminism is just political manipulation,” 

said the guy, then went on to read X about how awesome Trump/Musk is and watch Andrew Tate between dota 2 matches.

The future is 40% misandrists ; 40% incels and 20% normal people (best case scenario)

Today I learned that feminism is an antonym to”romantic love” (the equivalent of Karpman’s Drama Triangle)

Doesn’t feminism involve being feminine

„Lowest since 2021“ is certainly a phrase.

Equal rights = good

Politicized endless gender wars masquerading as rights activism = bad

People aren’t less „feminist“, they’re less pro movements that claim to be so

This is a necessary narrative course correction as some absolutely hateful groups attach themselves to both women’s and men’s rights movements

Reddit is a good example, with how many femcel subs exist and even get promoted vs how quickly incel subs get purged

Gracias Irene Montero por ser un espantapájaros.

European redditors will tell you of the evils of islam and MAGAism and then go back to „women get DESTROYED“ era when its feminism in their countries or self criticism.

There is probably a lot nuance in this discussion, but why bother if it will generate fewer clicks. Don’t fall for it 🙂

Femminism is plummeting, not because we are doing ANYTHING wrong, but because YOU are gullible FOOOOOOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!

What, there are hundreds of laws that literally say women have more rights than men? SO WHAT?!??!? Did you know a Thousands years ago women had less rights!! Do you know about a faraway land called Afghanistan?!?!?! The fact that before you were born some people had less rights means YOU have to have less rights, you FOOOOOOOL!!!!!

„I believe in romantic love“ – HAHA!!! I FOUND THE WOMAN-HATING MISANDRIST

/s just in case

M38 here. I would say I’m a feminist, and studying intersectionalism, sociology, and psychology has helped me become a pretty good therapist. But I do think that the culture war from dominantly American social media where mostly white middle class Californians dictate topics for social activism has contributed to sullying the image of feminism and overshadowing real issues. 

And the response to that has been a toxic right-wing grift that is contributing to the fall of decency.

What actually happened is that left groups have monopolized the feminist movement. Basically, you’re either with them or you hate women. In addition, they have damaged a lot its reputation (lowering prison time for sex offenders, members of the left being sex offenders themselves, etc).

TL;DR: People still belive in feminism, but feminism itself have been heavily deprestiged due to the wrongdoings of the left

It makes sense. A lot of „feminism“ today is about getting a career path to state subventions. To that effect, it ends up as „clashing with men on every subject“ on social media and people are just getting fed up with that behaviour. No later than today on a french sub I was called a masculinist for daring to say parents should protect their children from harm.

Most women are still feminist, its the guys who A THIRD OF THE YOUNG GUYS defend having a dictatorship as a good thing and demand women going back to the kitchen and having babies.

Its hard having hope for the future