Look it up under "F": Dialogues of emerging and experienced feminists

This article explores the process of integrating a feminist identity for bo th experienced and emerging feminists. A qualitative analysis was utilized to identify themes in two group dialogues. The analysis indicated that the era in which experienced feminists were initiated into feminism framed this movement as liberating and empowering, while emerging feminists described a process of initial resistance when encountering feminism. Emerging femini sts discussed having to overcome negative media images of feminism before b ecoming motivated to integrate this identity. Both groups relayed challenge s in communicating feminist principles and the practices they used to meet these difficulties. Findings in this article are discussed in relation to t he need for a sensitive presentation of feminism to young women in classroo ms or professional settings.