It wasn’t until college that I began to hear more conversation about feminism that I have ever heard before. Feminism has always been defined by what other people have described it to be, what social media thinks it is, and what a few articles defined it as. It takes more than an opinion from someone else to describe what feminism can do for people. Many anti-feminists could have a misconception about feminism. Oftentimes, anti-feminist assume from the stereotypes that society has formed about feminism. For example, many anti-feminists believe that feminist are for women looking for attention, lesbians, and are only feminist to bash men. While non-feminist understands every aspect and choose not to get involved. They understand what feminist
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With the help of feminism, we have been able to break down the barriers of patriarchy. Men are no longer expected to go to work and pay the bills alone. While it helped men to get past the belief that men should always be in charge and provide for the family, it gave women the chance to become a part of the work force. Everyone benefited from this because as stated in Bell Hooks book Feminism is for Everybody “class difference and the way it divides women was an issue before race.” (Hooks 37) Once everyone begins to receive equal salary whether they are a man or woman the work for feminist for many years will be very obvious. With the help of much research anti-feminist will be able to understand why feminism was created and how it helps everyone. Although feminism has broken down many issues that have to be dealt with. For example, sexism is still a big problem. Anti-feminist would disagree, but it is very prevalent today. Young girls cannot go through a school day without being told to change their clothes because the young men cannot focus. Women should stop having to monitor what they were so someone else can be comfortable. Feminism is about making everyone comfortable and seen as
With the help of feminism, we have been able to break down the barriers of patriarchy. Men are no longer expected to go to work and pay the bills alone. While it helped men to get past the belief that men should always be in charge and provide for the family, it gave women the chance to become a part of the work force. Everyone benefited from this because as stated in Bell Hooks book Feminism is for Everybody “class difference and the way it divides women was an issue before race.” (Hooks 37) Once everyone begins to receive equal salary whether they are a man or woman the work for feminist for many years will be very obvious. With the help of much research anti-feminist will be able to understand why feminism was created and how it helps everyone. Although feminism has broken down many issues that have to be dealt with. For example, sexism is still a big problem. Anti-feminist would disagree, but it is very prevalent today. Young girls cannot go through a school day without being told to change their clothes because the young men cannot focus. Women should stop having to monitor what they were so someone else can be comfortable. Feminism is about making everyone comfortable and seen as