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2.2 Millennials See appendix 2 for characteristics of millennials. The demographic millennials are individuals born between “the early 1980’s to the mid-1990’s” (Moloney, 2017). Millennials are such an important generation because they are the ones currently shaping the world. With most of them just entering the work force, it will be millen- nials ideas and plans that will shape the future. A questionnaire was conducted for the purpose of this report. It found that 49% of respondents believed that feminism meant “female em- powerment and the right to define yourself”. Out of the respondents 83% were aged between 18-50. The research shows that millennials believe that feminism has moved towards empowerment and defining yourself for who you are. Furthermore, this is conventional for millen- nials as they have a lot more “self- assurance” (Moloney, 2017) com- pared to other generations. This means millennials are not afraid to be themselves. This opinion on feminism from millennials is a typical characteristic of the third wavers, Demonstrating togetherness. See appendix 9 for Questionnaire results.