Feminism answer

This post is an update to the question I posted in my last post. I asked the question when and why feminism became such a bad word.

I found my answer speaking with Michelle Boucher this week. In our conversation we were speaking about feminism and I ask her why she thought feminism has such a bad rap now.

First she said that she started hearing feminism as being a bad thing about 15 to 10 years ago.

Then we began talking about a few of her theories as to why it has happened. There were two theories that I thought were the best and most logical.

 The first theory is that women my age no longer feel that there is a need for feminism. I agree with this I have always had my independence and rights; I have always been told that I am equal to men.

I have my independence and I have my rights, but even now women are not treated as equal to men.

We may see and believe that we are because we are told we are but we aren’t. Women still make less than men for doing the exact same job, women still don’t have equal legislation, there are hardly any women in powerful positions, and until recently women weren’t allowed to hold active combat titles.

None of this is talked about often within the general public. It is ignored. Instead women and men focus on the independence and rights women have now.

I am not saying that the rights and freedom we have gained is something to stub my nose at, but we are still not equal.

People may feel that feminism is no longer needed, but it is and the 4^th wave of feminism proves that.

The second theory about why feminism has gotten such a bad rap was because people have an image of radical feminism stuck in their minds as the normal type of feminist and feminism.

This radical feminist and feminism to the minds in many looks like a man hating, non-shaving, single minded, and one issue voting woman.

I admit that a few feminists took it to that level and because society likes to judge the words and actions of a few and label many by that. People became turned off by feminism.

However, most feminists are not man hating and they do shave. In fact they are just concerned and active people who want women to be equal to men and treated better or the same as men.

They are calm, level-headed, nice, intelligent, people.

A strong leader for the 4^th wave of feminism needs to emerge and create a new image to put into people’s minds. A positive, truer image of what feminism stands for and how most feminists are.

That is how I am going to end this post. Have a great rest of the week!