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'''Feminism''' originally was an expression used by [[suffragettes]] - who were predominantly [[pro-life]]<ref>[http://www.godlessprolifers.org/library/wallace4.html ''Susan B. Anthony opposed abortion'']</ref><ref>''"There is no question that she deplored the practice of abortion, as did every one of her colleagues in the suffrage movement."'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/opinion/13schiff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ''Desperately Seeking Susan''] [[New York Times]] (13 October 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm ''Voices of our Feminist Foremothers''] Feminists for Life</ref> - to obtain the right for women to vote in the early 1900s in the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].  By the late 1900s, however, [[liberals]] had changed the meaning to represent people who favored [[abortion]] and the identical treatment of women in the military and in society as a whole.  Specific examples of modern [[feminism]] include:
 
'''Feminism''' originally was an expression used by [[suffragettes]] - who were predominantly [[pro-life]]<ref>[http://www.godlessprolifers.org/library/wallace4.html ''Susan B. Anthony opposed abortion'']</ref><ref>''"There is no question that she deplored the practice of abortion, as did every one of her colleagues in the suffrage movement."'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/opinion/13schiff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ''Desperately Seeking Susan''] [[New York Times]] (13 October 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm ''Voices of our Feminist Foremothers''] Feminists for Life</ref> - to obtain the right for women to vote in the early 1900s in the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]].  By the late 1900s, however, [[liberals]] had changed the meaning to represent people who favored [[abortion]] and the identical treatment of women in the military and in society as a whole.  Specific examples of modern [[feminism]] include:
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* disfavor towards men holding doors open and otherwise patronizing women
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* loathe [[chivalry]] and dislike men patronizing women, as in holding the door open for them
 
* dislike of macho activities, like male-only contact sports
 
* dislike of macho activities, like male-only contact sports
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* preference for role-reversal, like women playing football and men being cheerleaders for it
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* preference for role-reversal, like women playing football and men being cheerleaders for it, or men baking cookies for women
 
* outrage at highly macho events, like the Duke lacrosse party or [[Tailhook]]
 
* outrage at highly macho events, like the Duke lacrosse party or [[Tailhook]]
 
* insistence that childrearing activities be shared than division of labor
 
* insistence that childrearing activities be shared than division of labor
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