To The Girl Who Doesn't Understand Feminism

To The 18-Year-Old Girl Who Will Never Be A Feminist, It's Never Too Late To Educate Yourself

There's nothing cute about self-hatred.

Sarah Janine Wagner
Sarah Janine Wagner Feb 19, 2019
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To the author of "I'm An 18-Year-Old And I Will Never Be A Feminist,"

This wouldn't be the first time I wrote a response to one of your many problematic articles. However, I find your article insulting feminists to be particularly problematic.

First of all, feminists don't get "triggered" when men tell them to have a good day. That's not feminism, that's ridiculous.

Also, calling boys "stupid" and saying you're "better than 90% of males" is called misandry, which you seem to be confusing with feminism which is built on equality.

Boys are not stupid, girls are not stupid, and nobody is better than anyone else.

To continue, I don't know if you're aware of this (which I'm pretty sure you're not), but men and women are not paid equally. Does that even remotely bother you?

As of 2016, it was estimated that men earned an average of $10,000 more than women per year. That's not even taking race into consideration.

While the average annual income for White men was $57,925, the average for White women was $45,721.

For Black women, the average was $36,192. For Hispanic women, the average was $31,522.

Newsflash: men and women are equal, but we are not treated as such.

Similarly, if you're so concerned about not being able to lift a 190-pound man, train harder.

Yes, I'm aware there are biological differences between men and women. So what? That doesn't mean we get to treat people who are different from us as less than.

My body is biologically different from a male body. Similarly, my body is also biologically different a cystic fibrosis patient's body as cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation.

That doesn't mean they're not my equal. Different does not mean unequal.

We are not better or worse than one another. We are just different.

Do you also believe racial/ethnic minority members are unequal to racial majority members simply because of "differences"?

How about sexual orientation minorities or those who don't identify along the gender binary? Oh wait, you already covered that in your other problematic article about there "only being 2 genders". My bad.

Macey, you can do better. I understand you're young and you're still learning, but ignorance is no longer an excuse.

We have access to all the online information our teachers hid from us. We can educate ourselves through classes, the Internet and talking with others who have had different experiences than us.

You have the opportunity to better yourself. I suggest you take it.

Sarah Janine Wagner
Sarah Janine Wagner Feb 19, 2019
At University of Houston

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I'm A Christian Girl And I'm Not A Feminist, Because God Did Not Intend For Women To Be Equals

It is OK for me to not want to be equivalent with a man.

Rach_Wallace
Rach_Wallace Mar 12, 2019
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To start off, I am not writing this to bash feminists or get hate messages. I am simply writing this to state why I do not perceive myself as a feminist.

March is International Women's Month and that is what has got me thinking about how I view myself as a young woman in the 21st century. I enjoy every day getting to soak up the world as a young lady, particularly in the South.

If you know me, then you know that I love and utterly adore Jesus. He is so perfect. He is everything. He is my whole life. Some people might say that I am a "Bible-thumper" or someone who has had too much Kool-aid and maybe I am, but I know who my Creator is and that He died for me, and that is all that matters.

In my young age, I loved to just sit in church with my parents and absorb all that God would deliver. As I have grown up, I have ventured off and joined a church that is different than my parents, so the responsibility falls more on me, but I love that. Since this era of independence began, I have thoroughly enjoyed taking ownership of my faith.

I spend a lot of time chatting with God, worshipping Him in all kinds of ways, and just diving deeper into His Word. Through all of this growth as a Christian, I have learned a lot, but something I have learned is a concept that some may not agree with, which does not surprise me.

I do not believe God meant for women and men to be equal.

There, I acknowledged the elephant in the room.

It is a shocker, I know, but I have some Biblical evidence to back up this belief that I have.

Let us begin in Genesis. God created man and then he created woman. This was two separate occurrences and order is key. He created Adam and then Eve.

Jesus treated women with grace and kindness, do not get me wrong. I mean just look at how He treated the woman at the well, the one who used all of her expensive perfume to cleanse His feet and not to mention His own biological mother! He has a truly unique place in his heart for women, but He also has special intentions for us in the world and in the family setting.

We are to submit to our husbands.

We are to be energetic, strong, and a hard worker.

We are to be busy and helpful to those in need.

We are to be fearless.

All of this is explicitly laid out by God in Proverbs 31.

We are not to be equal to our male counterparts. Jesus does not lay out the Proverbs 31 man, but He rather lays out the Proverbs 31 woman.

A husband or man is to be the head of the household as Christ is to the church.

A man is to love a woman so deeply that represents how he loves himself.

A man is to leave his father and mother.

Women and men are not equal in God's eyes, but they each represent Him in their own ways that the other needs.

If we were all equal, we would not need one another and therefore we would not need God. I am so thankful that we were not created equal. I am so thankful that God is so great that He could not just create only man or woman to represent His image. He is so perfect.

So, you see I am not a feminist, and it is OK.

It is acceptable for me to have this belief that God intended for men to lead women. It is also okay for people to have differing opinions. Writing this was not easy, but I know that not all people agree.

To feminists and those that are not, you are allowed to believe whatever you wish but have evidence to back it up.

Rach_Wallace
Rach_Wallace Mar 12, 2019
At Jacksonville State University

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An Open Letter To The Middle-Aged, White Men Of Various State Governments Who Think They Own My Body

First off, I would like to express how disappointed I am in all of you.

Madeline Dziak
Madeline Dziak May 19, 2019
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To the middle-age, white men of various state governments,

First off, I would like to express how disappointed I am in all of you. Do you even know what you are trying to do here?

In recent light, both Ohio, yes this state, and Georgia are trying to ban not only abortions but also birth control and miscarriages. First off, do you even know how to ban a miscarriage? A miscarriage is something a woman cannot control most of the time. From personal experience, my best friend's mom went through three miscarriages, and she didn't want them to happen at all.

Second, I hope it goes through your mind that birth control is not just for preventing pregnancy. I'm on birth control myself, but it is to control horrible cramps I had growing up and to keep my hormones in balance. I know people who have birth control for other medical reasons, like endometriosis and PCOS. Do you know what those are? Please do your research.

This was all written before Wednesday.

As more news comes into the light, especially with today's due date coming up, I'm seeing that even Alabama is trying to ban abortions, and there is no exception with rape. I'm sorry, but this is just all messed up.

If this is the government's way of trying to put us into a better future, they are making the future horrid for women.

This is not becoming the United States of America. This is becoming Gilead.

Yeah, Gilead. Have you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? If not or have not seen the Hulu series, I'll give a summary. Women are stripped of their rights and are put into a position where they have to bear children for powerful people. They don't get a say and are pretty much silenced into submission.

Let me talk about something that I'm pretty sure you've heard in the news already.

There is a girl in my state. Yes, Ohio. She is 11 years old, she was raped, and now she's pregnant. She learned she was six weeks and one day pregnant, and now she can't have an abortion. Why might you ask? Because this stupid Heartbeat Bill is preventing her. Even this new legislation is preventing her. NO ONE AT 11-YEARS-OLD SHOULD BE PREGNANT! THIS WASN'T HER CHOICE! Don't let her live with this and have to go through giving birth.

Oh, wait. She's going to have to because of these things.

So shame on all of the people involved. Shame on the government. Shame on these pro-life people that want to do away with safe abortion. Shame.

To those that are reading this and want to do something, you can. Call your state representative, vote in elections, voice your opinion, anything.

This whole thing not only has me worried for women of the United States, myself, and my future daughter if I have one.

I am in charge of my own body, not the American government and these "men".

Sincerely,

A 20-year-old college student, a liberal democrat, a woman who uses birth control, and a fighter.

Madeline Dziak
Madeline Dziak May 19, 2019
At Bowling Green State University

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