6 Famous And Accomplished Women Who Don’t Want To Be Called Feminists

3:00 pm, October 28th | by Laura Donovan

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1.Taylor Swift

Good ol' T-Swift ruffled some feathers recently when she refused to identify herself as a feminist. She told The Daily Beast, "I don’t really think about things as guys versus girls. I never have. I was raised by parents who brought me up to think if you work as hard as guys, you can go far in life." That didn't sit well with writers for women's sites, but Swift is far from the first accomplished female to steer clear of the term "feminism." Here are some other established female public figures who would rather not be labeled as feminists.

2.Marissa Mayer

The Yahoo! CEO is the poster girl for high-achieving females, but said earlier this year that earlier this year that she'd rather not be lumped in the feminism category, as it can come across as negative, "I don’t think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don’t, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that. And I think it’s too bad, but I do think that feminism has become in many ways a more negative word. You know, there are amazing opportunities all over the world for women, and I think that there is more good that comes out of positive energy around that than comes out of negative energy."

3.Melissa Leo

Academy Award winning actress Melissa Leo said this summer that feminism isn't her thing, "“I don’t think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that’s going to shut down the world. I would never say that.”

4.Lady Gaga

Though open and all for female empowerment, Lady Gaga said a few years ago, "I’m not a feminist. I hail men, I love men, I celebrate American male culture– beer, bars, and muscle cars."

5.Demi Moore

The "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" star has said, "I am a great supporter of women, but I have never really thought of myself as a feminist, probably more of a humanist because I feel like that's really where we need to be."

6.Juliette Binoche

"Cosmopolis" actress Juliette Binoche said last year that there's too much discussion on the lack of strong female roles onscreen and distanced herself from feminism, "That debate has been there for ages! It’s boring! We’re kind of feeding this thought in talking about it. If we talk about something else, people will think differently, and we’ll change it. Because we’re responsible, as women – journalist, actress, whoever – just to move on. No [I don’t consider myself a feminist]. I’m aware of my feminine and masculine parts, sure. [But that term] just puts people in a stereotyped way of thinking. I think creation and doing, being active, is more important than talking about it.”

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Anonymous

They have raised the stakes to being “humanist.” OK. Way back there was confusion about “suffragettes” who marched, made noise and invaded saloons for prohibition. Some women wanted to avoid being lumped with that. There were however “suffragists” who were men and women dedicated to working for and supporting universal voting rights, sort of the humanists of their day. Labels get hi-jacked sometimes, and branding someone a feminist is often accompanied by the most negative aspects. Who would want to label themselves?