You're so sick of hearing this word I know, but that's because you've been misinformed. When anybody mentions the word feminism you immediately think dyke on a bike or man hater with hairy armpits! When the truth is that feminism is everywhere, but unfortunately patriarchy (not all men, just some!) have lead us to believe it is a bad thing and is perhaps even dead within today's society, but this is not so.
For many years I thought I was a feminist, then I thought I wasn't. The problem was that I did not understand what the term meant. For women today feminism is literally anything to do with being a female and the opportunities that we have in society. So really every woman is a feminist. Some women think I am not a feminist or it doesn't effect me, but actually it impacts upon every woman and their every day life. For example you may not think it effects you, but you enjoy earning money, choosing whatever job you like, keeping your money, not having to get married if you don't want, voting etc. If it weren't for feminism women wouldn't have these things and more. I think it is almost an insult to the women who fought so hard for us to have these rights and by making feminism look bad it is disrespecting females in general.
So if women think that feminism is dead, you're wrong it is alive and all around us, without it we wouldn't have as much say in society as we do. The reason women are still fighting is because there are still inequalities, such as men being paid more than women in the same jobs, and don't we deserve a place within society?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
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