You throw like a girl. You fight like a girl. You hit like a girl. You run like a girl. You scream like a girl. You kick like a girl. You act like a girl. Society makes it sound like a bad thing when it’s not.
Society is constantly downgrading women, and feminism is going to put an end to that. Feminism is not only about women. It’s not about hating men and blaming them for all of the problems in our society. It’s about equality.
People always think that feminism is about bringing men down, but really it’s about bringing women up, not above men, but equal to them.
The reason we need feminism is because women are seen as the weaker sex. Women are thought of as objects instead of human beings. And as much as I wish that women and men were equal, they’re not.
Even if women and men have the same educational level, women are still paid a significant about less than men. As little as 77 cents to every one dollar a man makes. Equal pay for equal work is the idea that those doing the same work should receive the same pay. It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the gender pay gap. This is still a huge issue even if women started coming into the workforce a lot later than men. Why should women have to start at less than men just because women haven’t been working as long? I’m sorry that women weren’t allowed to work or were forced to stay home and do housework and watch the kids. But, times have changed and women want to work just as much as men do, so we are going to and we should get paid the same.
Women still deal with catcalling on a daily basis, and no, it’s not a compliment when you yell across the street telling me to smile and telling me that you’d love to “hit that”. What men fear most about going to prison, is what women fear most walking down the street.
Instead of shaming girls for their bodies and blaming them for what boys do to them, we should be teaching boys that girls are not sexual objects.
Everyone freaked out when the Disney star, Miley Cyrus, was naked everywhere, but Nick Jonas, a Disney kid as well, did the same thing, everyone was admiring him for growing up so nicely.
I always hear boys saying “not all men…” And, you’re right, not all men, but enough men for it to be a huge problem in our society. You see, when you say “not all men”, you mean “not me”. And that’s great. Thank you for being a decent human being and not perpetuating with harmful behaviors. But, just because you aren’t contributing to the problem, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
The odds of being attacked by a shark are 1 in 3,748,067, while a woman’s odds of being raped or sexually assaulted are 1 in 6. Yet, a fear of sharks is seen as rational while being cautious of men is seen as insane.
We still need feminism and feminists fighting for it because in today’s society genders are still not equal and that is absolutely ridiculous. It may be getting better and that is fantastic, don’t get me wrong, but just because it’s getting less sucky doesn’t mean it doesn’t still suck. I will continue to fight for gender equality and I will still label myself as a feminist until both men and women are equal.
