The word feminism and being feminist is very new to me, I did not even know the meaning of it a year a go, but when I did a research for a school project about the subject, I figured out that feminism and I had a lot in common. I consider myself a feminist, I think all women and even men have a little feminism in side of them too, they just have to discover it and put it in to practice.
But sadly, most of the time the meaning of feminism is misinterpreted, some people think that is a movement that wants women to take the power and becoming superior, making men submissive to them, but that's all wrong. It is very simple, feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment ( this is the basic meaning of feminism according to google and I think it couldn't be more well explained). You can noticed that the word equality has a special roll in all of this, well probably more than special, it is the main goal of feminism. not just equality for women, but for both genders.
The topic got really popular after Emma Watson's speech at Unicef, it was just a brilliant speech, and I am not just saying this because I am a Harry Potter fan, it was such a moving speech, I actually don't remember much of it because I saw it last year, but I recommend everyone who wants to learn a little bit more about the topic, to watch the video.
Feminism always existed, now it is just having a little help from technology to be released for all the world to have the knowledge of it. There will be people that will say that people are now becoming feminists just because is a trend or something in those terms. But what is the problem of it being a trend anyways? We need more voices, people who are willing to make a difference in society and fighting for equality. Of course, I don't think it is a good idea getting in to this for any other reason that isn't the unsatisfaction of gender equality, it has to be done for the right reasons.
I don't remember if I ever was in a situation that people told me that I couldn't do something because I was a girl, but I noticed that some of my relatives say "You have to learn how to cook, because girls need to know or else no men will want to marry you". I don't blame them for saying that, because they are from another period of time, where women were only allowed to stay home and cook and not work ( not that it is a problem to be a house wife, but the problem was that women did not have a choice).
I'm not a specialist in this topic or for any means wanting to change anybody's opinion about feminism, I am just a normal girl that wanted to share her point of view and her opinion of a specific and contradicting we can say popular topic. Hope you all had a good weekend, and have a nice week.
Ana
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