Possibly as a result of media overreaction and misrepresentation
of the views of a minority of radical feminists (customarily caricatured
as bra-burning lesbians in the tabloid press), many people of moderate views would now hesitate to describe themselves as ‘feminists’.
However, moderates are now found endorsing what most
people of the older generation of feminists would have regarded as a
feminist stand.
Thus they take for granted the desirability of equal
political rights for women, freedom to pursue any career without
discrimination, and equal pay for equal work.