So why is feminism more accepted in academia, what would it take for people who want to support issues to be accepted in the larger academic world? Is it possible or this like asking 'could eugenics ever be accepted"
…I have bad news for you. Eugenics was very accepted in academia for a very long time. So….
Old question, but I think the “more” here refers to MRA stuff? To be accepted in academia you generally need to a) have a basic grasp of history and the previous research in related fields, b) be able to write coherent arguments based on something resembling facts, and c) have been around as an area of study for a few decades or so. That last thing isn’t necessarily good in all cases, but there you go.
It also doesn’t help if even the most prominent members of your movement come off as kind of, well, hysterical. And yes, I picked that word with full and gleeful knowledge of its history.
