Consent-Ed, a student group that raises awareness about sexual assault prevention, hosted an event to bring together advocates and allies of women's issues on Friday. 

Feminism — the F-word that makes more men and women cringe than the infamous four-letter word we use all too frequently. But why? At the core of the matter is not opposition to women’s equality, but rather, the stigma attached to the term “feminist.” According to a CBS News poll conducted in May 2005, only 24 percent of American women consider themselves feminists. However, when the dictionary definition of a feminist was included in the poll question — someone who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes — 65 percent of women said that they considered themselves feminists. Therefore, it seems as if most American women oppose the stereotype associated with the feminist label, not what feminism actually represents.