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The Psychological Cost of Female Empowerment

How Feminism Taught Women to Distrust Adult Life

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Hannah Spier, MD
May 06, 2026
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Across decades, studies have claimed that women who identify with feminist attitudes report greater psychological well-being. From there, a broader assumption took hold: feminism was not only politically liberating, but psychologically healthy. But is that what the findings actually show? Did the cultural narrative built on those findings make women bet…

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