--- description: Find out why President Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway doesn't consider herself a feminist. title: Kellyanne Conway Doesn't Identify as a Feminist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aab7beb3058a46b/6988b79a2dce01e93c9ec0e4/kellyanne-conway-feminsim.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kellyanne Conway Doesn't Identify as a Feminist by [Kate Dwyer](/author/kate-dwyer/) ## Kate Dwyer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 27, 2017 4:51 PM CUT  Kellyanne Conway, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, smiles before a television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017\. Conway, a key adviser to Trump, said today the new administration plans to end the Affordable Care Acts requirement that most people have health insurance, a step that could destabilize the laws markets. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kellyanne Conway, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, smiles before a television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017\. Conway, a key adviser to Trump, said today the new administration plans to end the Affordable Care Acts requirement that most people have health insurance, a step that could destabilize the laws markets. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Kate Dwyer](/author/kate-dwyer/) ## Kate Dwyer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 27, 2017 4:51 PM CUT In a new interview with [the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/they-never-saw-this-coming-a-qanda-with-kellyanne-conway-on-trumps-victory/2017/01/26/2bf64c10-da96-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e%5Fstory.html?postshare=6121485458774823&tid=ss%5Ftw&utm%5Fterm=.c691f6fc918f "undefined")_,_ President Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway discussed her views about feminism, motherhood, and being the highest-ranking woman in the Trump administration. “I don’t consider myself a feminist,” said Conway, who is the first female campaign manager to win a presidential election. “I think my generation isn’t a big fan of labels. My favorite label is mommy.” Conway explained that she feels as if “the feminist movement has been hijacked by the pro-abortion movement or the anti-male sentiments that you read in some of their propaganda and writings. I’m not anti-male.” Even though feminism isn’t actually about hating men — that’s called [misandry](http://time.com/3101429/misandry-misandrist-feminist-womenagainstfeminism/ "undefined") — Conway continued, “One does not need to be pro-female and call yourself a feminist, when with it comes that whole anti-male culture where we want young boys to sit down and shut up in the classroom.” She continued, “I consider myself a postfeminist. I consider myself one of those women who is a product of her choices, not a victim of her circumstances.” Conway, who is the granddaughter of immigrants and was raised by a single mother, also explained how the past six months of her life have been the “American Dream writ large.” Still, she didn’t realize the impact of her role as the first female campaign manager to win a presidential election until the election was over. “Looking back, I feel the enormity of that moment in time, mainly because of all the people I’ve heard from… It is nothing short of moving to hear… ‘My daughters think you’re a role model.’” \[H/T [the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/they-never-saw-this-coming-a-qanda-with-kellyanne-conway-on-trumps-victory/2017/01/26/2bf64c10-da96-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e%5Fstory.html?postshare=6121485458774823&tid=ss%5Ftw&utm%5Fterm=.c691f6fc918f "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4651881/kellyanne-conway-feminist-label/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4651881/kellyanne-conway-feminist-label/"},"headline":"Kellyanne Conway Doesn't Identify as a Feminist","datePublished":"2017-01-27T16:51:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:34.368Z","description":"'My favorite label is mommy’","url":"https://time.com/4651881/kellyanne-conway-feminist-label/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aab7beb3058a46b/6988b79a2dce01e93c9ec0e4/kellyanne-conway-feminsim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Dwyer","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kate-dwyer/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aab7beb3058a46b/6988b79a2dce01e93c9ec0e4/kellyanne-conway-feminsim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Says Obamacare 'Penalty' Will End","caption":"Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway Says Obamacare 'Penalty' Will End","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4651881/kellyanne-conway-feminist-label/","name":"Kellyanne Conway Doesn't Identify as a Feminist"}}]}] ```