Kellyanne Conway Doesn't Know the Definition of Feminism — Sad!

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Feminism, by definition, means believing that men and women should have equal rights. Kellyanne Conway seems to have misinterpreted this definition based on her comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 23.

Kellyanne Conway: "It's difficult for me to call myself a feminist… it seems to be very anti-male and it certainly is very pro-abortion" pic.twitter.com/516QTJ3NOa

— CNN (@CNN) February 23, 2017

Conway said she couldn't consider herself a feminist because the idea seems exclusionary. "It's difficult for me to call myself a feminist in the classic sense," Conway said, "because it seems to be very anti-male and it certainly is very pro-abortion in this context."

Conway, who also has a misconstrued idea of the definition of "women's health," went on to say that she views herself as "a product of my choices, not a victim of my circumstances."

What Conway fails to understand is that being a feminist does not mean being a victim of how you were born; instead, it expresses a desire for equal opportunity. Many men are also feminists.

📈'Feminism' is defined as "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities." https://t.co/Zjf7CAPUjL

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) February 23, 2017

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary continued its triumphant trolling of the Trump administration shortly after Conway's comments went viral by sharing the real definition of feminism on Twitter.

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