Feminists

and when they do just how strongly. Adolescence alone lasts until the mid 20s, lack of self awareness can be forever, and even in conservative cultures young people tend to see themselves as freer in their thinking than their families, and overall typically are.

Since ideological compatibility is the most important factor in forming relationships, especially ones that can last 5 years, and since she fails the liberal-shock reaction to his massive bigotry, I suspect they're both socially/culturally conservative but he's only now revealing that whatever hard-core aspects he might have previously displayed also apply to her.