Feminism.
I won't go too much into detail about that word alone, other than the fact that every single person on this planet should support it. I am aware there are plenty of those who disagree and who view feminists as men haters and think we see ourselves as better than men. Please, do yourself a favor and do some research. Please understand that we are not preaching one gender over another, we simply want equality.
Take a day in the life of a woman:
She will wake up and get ready to go to work. But first she is going to make sure all those buttons are done and those shorts are to her knees because she wouldn't want to offend a man at work by showing skin above three finger lengths.
Then she will either drive to work or walk depending on what area she lives in. She could stop at a red light and be stared at by a man who pulled up next to her or better yet barked at like a dog. If she is walking, the same can happen only she's not protected by a vehicle and hey, what's stopping said man from following her a couple blocks hollering offensive comments at her?
She will then go to work where she will make 78 cents on the dollar compared with men.
After busting her butt performing the same exact work as her male counterpart, she will go home. Chances are it is evening and it could be dark out. She better hope she either doesn't live far, gets a ride home, or walks with someone. All she has to do is walk alone and that looks like a big beacon for please come intrude my personal bubble.
Think I'm making it up? All of the above has either happened to me or a fellow female friend. One time walking home from work in Allentown, PA I was followed almost all the way home by a man. After ignoring him and clutching my pepper spray firm in my hand, I told him my boyfriend was meeting me. He told me it didn't matter and continued to follow me. I was scared beyond anything. Despite the fact that I wasn't doing anything at all and minding my own damn business, this man decided it was perfectly okay to stalk me the ten blocks to my apartment.
We don't need feminism right? We don't need movements trying to get people to understand the copious amounts of double standard sexism we experience through our lives. Think about the fact that there was a time when women couldn't even vote. I'm aware that is in the past but the present still isn't squeaky clean.
I'm not saying all men are like this. This is where people get confused. I am saying that what people do not get is how everything above I have typed, could not be reflected in the life of a man. That is what is disgustingly unfair and that is what needs to be changed.
The day in the life of a girl isn't just us putting on makeup, going to the mall to shop and driving around with the top down singing music. Until you've been in our shoes, you do not know how it feels to feel the need to protect ourselves when we say no to a man we meet at a bar. You don't know how gross we feel when we receive unwanted genital photos or are begged to take ones in return. You don't know how violated we feel when men think it's a good idea to shout at us and whistle as we walk by.
You don't know how it feels until you yourself have experienced the day in the life of a girl.
