Editing Feminazi (section)

==Reactions==
The meaning and appropriateness  of the term ''feminazi'' have frequently been discussed in the media. Horan attributes use of ''feminazi'' as an insult to "a wider phenomenon of gendered criticism, bullying and trolling aimed [at] women in the public eye".{{r|Horan 2019}} According to [[Helen Lewis (journalist)|Helen Lewis]], deputy editor of the ''[[New Statesman]]'', "the idea of conflating a liberation movement with Nazism is just deeply ignorant. It’s self-undermining, because it’s so over the top."{{r|Williams 2015}} [[Laura Bates]], the founder of the [[Everyday Sexism Project]], has said that "It’s a desperate attempt to demonise us, and it’s frustrating, because if it wasn’t such an offensive word, you could actually start to embrace it and own it".{{r|Williams 2015}}

Activist [[Gloria Steinem]] writes, "I've never met anyone who fits that description [of wanting as many abortions as possible], though [Limbaugh] lavishes it on me among many others".{{r|Steinem 1995}}
Steinem has suggested a boycott of Limbaugh for his use of the term, stating, "[[Adolf Hitler's rise to power|Hitler came to power]] against the strong feminist movement in Germany, padlocked the family planning clinics, and declared abortion a crime against the state{{emdash}}all views that more closely resemble Rush Limbaugh's".{{r|Feminist.com 1996|Kaufman 2011}}

Moi writes that Limbaugh's words prompted a shift in the public perception of feminism across the American political spectrum starting in the mid-1990s; Americans came to see feminists as dogmatic and power-hungry women who hate men and who are incapable of challenging their own assumptions; though the term ''feminazi'' may have been created to describe a small group of particular feminists, it calcified into a stereotype of all feminists or all women. Moi writes that feminism became "the F-word," a label that women hesitated to claim for themselves lest they be seen as "feminazis", even among those who agreed with the goals of feminism.{{r|Moi 2006}}