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Claiming that feminism has gone 'too far' contradicts the fact that men and women are still not on equal footing.
'Feminism' means [the belief that men and women should be equal] (https://www.bustle.com/articles/129886-what-does-feminism-mean-a-brief-history-of-the-word-from-its-beginnings-all-the-way). A common misconception is that it means women should be superior to men.
Working from this definition, saying that it has 'gone too far' doesn't make sense. As of the 21st century, men and women are not equal [in some key ways] (https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a15652/gender-inequality-stats/). Just one example of this is the [gender pay gap] (https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2021/05/25/the-gender-pay-gap-why-its-still-here/?sh=2522e217baf6), which is unlikely to equalise until 2059.
Feminism itself hasn't gone too far, but some individual feminists do take it too far, and put men down as inferior, even so far as to commit or encourage violent acts against men for no other reason than the fact that they're men.
What this does is give all of feminism a bad name, which is why many people do believe that feminism had gone too far.
People CLAIMING to be operating under feminism have gone too far. Feminism itself is an intrinsically positive force, almost by definition.
Feminism cannot be gone too far.
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