Before digging into this article, I’d just like to state the Merriam-Webster definition of feminism: “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes”

There it is. Glad that’s cleared up.

I will be the first to admit that as a white, middle-class woman in the United States of America, I have it pretty damn good. Better, in fact, than most of the world's population. I was born into a family who did everything in their power to keep me clothed, educated, safe, and help me to follow my dreams. I have always been able to afford birth control and feminine hygiene products, I’ve never been forced to be in a relationship that didn’t meet my emotional needs, and I was brought up being told that I should be the doctor most parents want their daughters to marry. I love a man who opens doors for me and pays for dinner and, coincidentally enough, I do love to cook and wear sundresses! But, please, let's not get this confused. This is called privilege. And with it comes responsibility.

This is for you, the American woman who believes she “doesn’t need to be liberated.”

While this may be true, please keep in mind you are comfortably riding the coattails of the women who marched for you. You can vote, have control over your own body (though how long this will last, we can’t be sure), marry who you want, and access health care because women before you cared enough to make it happen. In many regards, women in the U.S. are well taken care of. But, this is all transpiring while groups of women seek the very same liberation.

We don’t need feminism, Gina? Please tell that to:

The 16-year-old Moroccan girl who committed suicide after she was forced by her family to marry her rapist.

The eight-year-old child bride who died of internal bleeding on her wedding night after marrying a man five times her age.

The 11-year-old girl who was gang-raped in Texas and the New York Times article that focused on her clothing that made her appear “much older.”

The 99.3 percent of Egyptian women who have been sexually harassed – over half of which report harassment on a daily basis.

The one in four American women who are sexually harassed at work.

The 23 percent of undergraduate women who are sexually assaulted on college campuses across the country -- and this number is known to be largely underreported.

The women who were raped in Steubenville, Ohio, Tallahassee, Florida, and Palo Alto, California and tossed to the side while the media focused on the “bright futures” their rapists possessed.

The nearly three million women who depend upon Planned Parenthood for preventative healthcare – and are at risk of losing it.

Now I am not saying to go out there and attack men, burn your bras, or pee your pants for equality (though if you’d like to, that’s your right as an American). All I am asking is that you take a second to recognize just how good you have it in comparison to your sisters across the globe. You see, a world that allows the horrors listed above to happen has not achieved equality of the sexes -- it is a world that needs feminism.

You have the moral obligation to stand up for those who cannot do it for themselves – just like Susan B. Anthony and Simone de Beauvoir did for us.

You might not need feminism, but the world does. Your problem isn’t with feminists; it’s with your privilege. It’s about time we check that.