March 3, 1913. Over 5,000 women marched in Washington D.C. one day before Woodrow's ascension for the presidency. If I had been there, I'm sure it would have been a marvel to see. Can you imagine? This "Parade of 1913" was the real beginning for women's suffrage in America and ultimately their rights as equal individuals to men. I absolutely respect their efforts, applaud their strength and vivacity for fighting for what they truly believed in, even despite my natural aversion to politics. These women deserve respect. So where has it gone wrong?

When I hear about feminism today, about the modern view of equality for both genders and all races, it sounds great, and truly, I am a feminist. I believe in complete equality for all human beings. I even believe in equality for animals. However, what I can't follow is how this once proud and honorable view has been degraded into something of a farce, something that I can't look at or follow without feeling ashamed. I am a feminist, but I can never, and will never in the future, identify as a modern feminist.

People always look at me condescendingly when I say this—women in particular. They talk to me like my opinion and views are completely wrong. I told someone I wasn't a modern feminist once, and she promptly stood over me and brought her face into my own, which was an invasion of my personal space, and asked me, "What? You don't want equal pay as men and your rights?"

At this point, I was angry because during the entire conversation, she belittled my faith, my views on politics, and my opinions on medicinal practices while I sat there and accepted every insult she threw at me. So when she asked me this question, I will admit I was angry when I replied, "No. I'm perfectly comfortable in my life. I get paid the same as my male counterparts, I am attending an expensive college for an education, and I can do anything a male can do except produce sperm. I'm pretty good where I am, thank you." Needless to say, she wasn't happy with my response.

After my answer, she began a little rant about all the things that feminists claim are against women, and you know what? At one time before my education, before I decided to research things instead of taking something someone tells me at face value, I would have believed it. Heck, I did believe some of these things that women claim, it's only natural. At one point in my life, I can say I was a modern feminist to some degree because I was told I can't be an accepted female in society without agreeing with modern feminism. This was coming from a group of people who want "equality" and don't want people to ostracize others for personal belief. I'm lucky I matured.

The biggest claim by feminists that even fooled me in my young childhood years is the wage gap. Everyone knows this argument. It's the one argument that every feminist holds on to because other people have an ability to see through the ridiculousness of the other claims. There's even a commercial about it! I don't know if you've seen it, but it's a deodorant commercial that ends with "close the wage gap."

Let me tell you this, and this is the honest truth, the wage gap does not and has never dealt with the income of an individual. In fact, the wage gap gathers information on the median annual earnings of men and women. In short, it deals with what type of employment a person has. If a male is a doctor and a female is a teacher, yes, there will be a wage gap between them.

Compounded by every male and female that is working, does that not make sense? Don't most women tend to lean towards careers for education, nursing and liberal arts, while men tend to lean towards becoming doctors, lawyers, and business owners? I'm not saying there aren't exceptions to this, but come on. It's common sense. One gender does tend to lean towards a career that naturally just pays less. It does not mean a male and female working the same exact job have different pay unless one has more tenure than the other.

This argument aside, I don't judge feminists because they can't seem to understand simple economics and can't seem to research what they practice on an objective level. No, I have a problem with their actions. I have been belittled because I have a desire to become a stay-at-home mother eventually. I have seen violence initiated by a woman because she was a "feminist with rights" when the guy simply asked her on a date. I have read news articles in which women protest violently at certain events. There was even a video clip recently of a woman saying she would gladly applaud someone's daughter for sleeping around with men. I'm sorry. If that was my daughter? I don't think so. I'm not OK with that.

These actions are the reason I cannot be a modern feminist. What happened to honor? What happened to marching for what you believed in without causing violence? The best comparison I can make is that feminism used to be like Martin Luther King, Jr. It was a peaceful act for something worth fighting for, something that women deserved. Now, feminism has turned into Malcolm X. It's become violent and silly. It hurts to say it, but feminism has become a disgrace, and it's continuing to decline with every passing day.

Real feminism is about equality. We are equal, all of us. No one is better than the other. However, feminism today appears to have changed into a misandric joke. I can't believe something that brought praise and honor on the female population has dissolved into something so pitiful. I can't believe that there are women out there who truly believe men are nothing, that men deserve to die, that men are bugs beneath their shoe. Yes, this is a thing, and it's a problem. When feminist Andrea Dworkin states, "I want to see a man beaten to a bloody pulp with a high heel shoved in his mouth, like an apple in the mouth of a pig," does that sound like a true feminist's fight for equality? Think about it.

There is so much more to say, and I will touch on them later in another article. In the meantime, I'd love to hear how you guys see modern feminism today in the comments below. Who agrees and who disagrees? Let me know.