Open Question: Has modern feminism given the idea of equality for women a bad name?

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In the same way that the Germany army will never get away from being tainted by nazism, do you think that women who talk about equality will be dismissed as merely cranks and malcontents like Greer, Harmann, N.O.W. who have so eagerly promoted abortion, VAWA, divorce etc? Can the idea of women's rights - even in parts of the world where women desperately need rights - ever get away from the stain left by modern feminism?