The anti-feminism bacllash has been set off not by women's achievement of full equality but by the increased possibility that they might win it. It is a pre-emptive strike that stops women long before they reach the finishing line.

Susan Faludi
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The anti-feminist backlash, which is now sweeping the nation, was vigorously opposed by the women’s movement not because of any particular objection to feminism but because of the fear that if they won, more of them might try to be men.

Source: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

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