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According to Wikipedia,

“Feminism is a range of movements and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for women.

This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.”

You can be a frum feminist, just as you can be a frum

environmentalist*, but the thing is that when feminism

and the Torah or contemporary chareidi/Orthodox practice

conflict, those who are frum and feminists often think

that it is not feminism but Judaism which should yield,

which is obviously not acceptable.

*I don’t know how appropriate “isms” that aren’t Judaism are for a Jew.