The Misconceptions Of Feminism
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The Misconceptions Of Feminism

Go make your own sandwich.

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The Misconceptions Of Feminism
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Feminist articles and feminist topics are kind of my thing. I love them. Whenever I type them, I imagine myself in the Rosie The Riveter outfit typing an article that will save all of womankind.

I could rant about feminism forever, however there a few misconceptions about feminism. Men have misconceptions about feminism as well as some of us women. I think it is important that these get cleared up.

I am aware that feminism is based upon a lot of opinions so I am essentially stating my opinions — yet feminism does have roots and beliefs and goals that have not changed.

I think everyone forgets that all feminists want is equality. Let’s clear up these misconceptions and get back to this main goal.

Oftentimes men think if a woman declares herself a feminist then she hates men. I do not hate men at all. I could look at pictures of Channing Tatum all day. I think there are incredible men in this world. I have family and close friends that I love who are male.

I hate that men make a larger salary than us. I hate that men are taken more seriously in the workplace. I hate that only men have held the presidential position. But I do not hate these men.

Unfortunately there are some women who decide that in order to be feminists they must hate men — I assure you that is not how the majority of us feel.

With all that being said, we will hate men who are masochistic and degrade women.

Did you know that men could be feminists? Many do not. If a man supports the idea that women should be equals to men, they are a feminist. My dad is a feminist. He has an incredibly strong wife and daughter who he wants to see succeed. He wants me to graduate college and land a great job making as much money as the men in my field. Sure, my dad isn’t standing outside somewhere holding a riot for women’s equality, but he sure believes we deserve equality. To me, he is a feminist.

Another misconception many of us females tend to participate in is the idea that we must step on men and be mean to men to be a “good” feminist and to accomplish our goals. This is not true.

We don’t need to strive to lower men’s wages until we make more than them. We need to strive to increase our wages to earn the wages we deserve — the same wages men get. It's kind of like when our parents told us you shouldn't tear someone down just to build yourself up.

So imagine a man tells you the ever so (not) funny joke, "Go make me a sandwich, woman."

Make this your response:

I will certainly not make you a sandwich. No, I will not make you make me a sandwich. I will just make my own sandwich and you make yours.

I am a feminist. I love other feminists. I think everyone should be a feminist. I am well aware that is an opinion, but I think it is a dang good one.

The point of this article, though, was to address some of the misconceptions we have about being a feminist. We do not hate men and our goal is not to destroy men. To me, it's important that the whole world knows, that as feminists, we want equality.

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