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Feminism
is a historical movement where women fight for equality to men that is
still going on to this day. In the past, feminist women have fought for
the right to vote, the right to own their own credit cards without their
husband's permission, the right to divorce without having to prove the
husband did something wrong, and the right to go to universities along
with men, among many other things. How do you feel about the feminist
movement? Is it still necessary? Have you ever met a feminist? What's
your impression of feminism? Would you call yourself a feminist? Why
or why not?
Me, I don't have a problem with feminism in my everyday life. I just go through life and never have a problem between men vs. women.
Long ago, people had many troubles with this. Women were trying to get their own rights while men were trying to keep them away from women, which was unfair because the presidents and all people in charge were MEN, not women.
Yes, I've heard some women got different amounts of money than men, which is not a fair game. Women have to have their own choice about pregnancy, along with men of course (husbands), but not that they won't have rights while their stomach is occupied.
Everyone has different feelings about it. I think that women deserve as much as men, and we have to have our own rights without MEN choosing for us. But, I don't feel angry at men. I just want women to have rights.
I don't think I've ever met a feminist. They're not so popular in my town, haha!! *laughs a not-so-funny laugh* I think feminism is something that should be treated with respect, but not hate.
I wouldn't call myself a feminist because I don't waste all day thinking about speeches and ideas to stop it. It's much better to do little things that will add up to big things, like go to parades or cheer on a feminist in a speech or something of that sort. Bye!
PSH I don't get why guys make such a big deal with girls. My friends are guys and they treat me like any other guy. I'm tougher than most of 'em and can beat them all at gym, so they know all girls aren't weak. Thing is, I'm the only one who isn't. They give girls a chance, but still sometimes treat them like they're weaklings. They don't actually mistreat them, but they do all the "let me do it, I'm a guy" or "here let me take it." And what I hate is that teachers do, too. Whenever they need something fixed or moved, they ask a guy to do it. Girls can fix any computer and move any book a guy can!
Definition: Entitles women and girls to freedom and rights equal to those of men and boys. But is that really true? Do we, as women and girls, actually have the right to be equal to men and boys? According to me, I think yes and no.
We are shunned in many ways internationally -- not by everyone, but we are -- and treated inhumanely in certain countries. Women only had modern rights -- not full rights -- since 1893, but that was only in New Zealand. If you research more, you will find that New Zealand has been declared one of the best countries due to its human rights (i.e. Women's Rights), lack of predators, and top-rankings for being "green."
Rights for women have always been fought for by activists, more commonly known as Feminists. There have been many over the years, but people only started speaking out during the 16th century, and their voices only put into action in the late 18th century.
The Islamic culture, however, has recognized women and expanded their rights in marriage, inheritance, and divorce in between the years 610 and 661. Islamic folk were well ahead of other civilisations in this respect. Only in the past 300 years have European civilisations finally acknowledged women's rights as human beings.
During the 16th century, female authors began to realise their rights as women. Two famous and well-known are the author Jane Anger from London and the prophetess Anna Trapnell. Jane Anger is most famous for a mere pamphlet published in 1859 entitled Jane Anger, her Protection for Women, to Defend them Against Scandalous Reports of a Late Surfeiting Lover, and All Other Like Venerians that Complain so to be Over-Cloyed with Women's Kindness. The title is explaining what the content of the pamphlet is, which is practically a guide for women to not be afraid to speak up. The pamphlet quotes in one particular section of a paragraph: "Fie on the falsehood of men, whose minds go oft a madding, a whole tongues cannot so soon be wagging, but straight they fall a tattling. Was there aver any so abused, so slandered, so railed upon, so wickedly handled undeservedly, as are we women." Jane Anger was most definitely shunned from society, though many believed and still believe that her name was pseudonymous.
Anna Trapnell, however, was a prophetess, one who predicted things that would happen, or one could call her a Fortune-teller, though she did not read fortunes. Miss Trapnell fell into a trance for eleven days, praying, singing and prophesying in front of an audience. She was against the government at the time and fought for rights for women equal to those of men. Being that her time was grounded heavily of the power of men, she was accused of being a witch and insane because of her battles for women. She was brutally tortured and imprisoned, tried unfairly.
Not all Feminists, nor any at all, are received nicely. In Modern Day society, one may think women in North America have rights enough equal to men, but many beg to differ. Take a high school setting such as this: teenage girls are called derogatory names, offensive to anyone. As I think about these terrible names, I come to realise that there are few offensive terms like those for boys, not that we necessarily need them. It is because men have been seen for centuries as the mighty and the powerful. We girls are like animals to some men, to be teased and taunted, a show. It is unfortunate that women seem to think they need to dress inappropriately to attract attention. I find those who dress improperly are typically self-conscious, and their clothes attract the wrong sort of attention. Women—so people listen—should be smart and speak out, not hiding under a crude disguise.
Though Canada has had its problems with women’s suffrage and rights, it is on the Top 10 list for best countries for women. In fact, the other nine countries are Iceland, Norway, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, the Netherlands and France. The United States still have rights problems for women, as they have signed a contract but not yet ratified.
Some of the worst countries for women are—you guessed it—Afghanistan because of an on-going war for thirty years and conditions are terrible for childbirth and many women are put into prostitution. Another country is Pakistan, because women must take responsibility for their husband’s actions, and a punishment may be being raped. Education for third-world countries for women is below even the lowest standards here in Canada. India, Morocco and Pakistan are the only three countries where women have 70% of literacy education less than men. Many other countries that have been said also have low education standards for women.
Canada, though they installed rights for women following New Zealand’s act, has very liberal rights for women. Long ago, though, there was a law in 1917 that only women with British blood and also had close relatives in the military force could participate in governmental elections. Two years later, in 1919, full voting grants were given to women and most provinces followed suit soon afterwards, excepting Quebec which granted women with these rights in 1940. Still, in 1919 and after, women were still not considered proper “people”. It only occurred to the parliament when the Famous Five, a group of women, petitioned that women should be included in the British North America Act under the definition of “persons of Canada”. Finally, after many long debates, the definition was changed and women and men were both included. And last, but definitely not least, in 1970, Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau granted basic rights to every single citizen of Canada, including women.
Women have struggled incessantly to have freedom like men, to be equal to men and to live like men. Fighting for women’s rights have been going on since before anyone can remember, something both appalling but showing women’s strengths. In other countries, battles are still being fought and fellow women of other countries are helping by doing as much as they can. Freedom for women is there, but still needs to be fought for.
I think more and more woman are finding out that the feminist agenda is a failed movement. But, I think there are too many branches of feminism for any girl to be accurate. This is something that a lot of women and men have trouble with.
When feminism was first recognized, women fought back with wanting more and equal rights. Now decades later, feminism stands for much more. Women and little girls are shown by media and even family that a body that is desired is to be achieved to be accepted. Now I'm not saying that women should live an unhappy lifestyle to prove they don't need to be a size one, but rather should want to achieve a goal of being healthy. More than anything pressure is put on the shoulders of a female, and eventually over time it can only get worse, and deteriate their self-esteem and outlook on life. Even though I have strong opinions, I would not call myself a feminist only because I believe that neither men nor society force women to be a certain way, because a women's biggest critic is and always will be herself.
What makes men better than us? What makes them have the right to vote versus us? Time to stand up. We are equals. I think men need to realize women are equal (if not better! JK) than men. We should've always had the right to vote, but nope we had to fight for it. Also, in some villages women are shunned because of their menstrual cycle. Is that just? Fair? Right? No, no, no. I respect feminism because it got us where we are now. When I think about all the things men made us fight for that they were entitled to it makes me mad, but also happy. We became stronger as one when we all came together and fought for womens rights.
I would call myself a feminist. Women are not better than men! We are just as good as them. We are all equal. Women should not be discriminated or thought down upon because of their gender. We as women should stand up for who we are, and we should ALL be proud to be women because without us, there would be no people on the Earth!
I think feminism is great, and it empowers females.
Feminism isn't a problem, really, because sometimes we really must accept that we need help and that men really are stronger than us females.
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