ABSTRACT
It is inevitable that a reaction or backlash should arise against a movement which is struggling for wide social change and having success in some areas. These successes could actually alter existing social structures. Furthermore, people are being asked to reconceptualise what being female and being male really mean, which is according to Judith Bardwick (1979) a threatening situation for many. The reaction to the movement is both a reaction to change of any kind, and a reaction to specific changes intended by feminists. Antifeminism is therefore a ‘backlash’, ‘an attitude of opposition to change rather than a movement’ (Heberle, 1951, p. 50).
