More Than a Distraction, More Than a Woman… The Fight For Feminism
The chart above is just one example of why people should fight for feminism. There is a pretty obvious number of people who do not respect at home mothers and do not work for equal rights, rather than people who do not like most men. This issue may not seem very large compared to other things, but it does link to bigger issues in the world. This can be shown by the statistics on this page. One in every ten rape victims are men. That means the other 9 are women. This is most likely due to the fact that women are treated as if they are less valuable than a man, are portrayed as weaker than a man and are more objectified than men. I'm not saying this doesn't happen to men, but there's a 90% chance that its more likely to happen to a woman.
Another major issue that has to do with feminism is dress codes. Dress codes are targeted at women and girls. We have more restrictions because we are a “distraction”. I read this article about how a girl had to leave school because of the way she was dressed. Shes fighting for her rights by using the hash tag #IamMoreThanADistraction to spread the word about her cause. I think this is admirable because she is using social media to do so, and social media is one of the main places where anti feminism takes place.
Feminism is a topic doesn't receive as much attention as it should and for my You and the World project I would like to increase awareness of feminism. Feminism might not be a physical issue, but people can still be victims of anti feminism. As I said before, feminism is not something that should cause full out debates and heated arguments between the sexes, but it should be one common goal for men, women, boys, girls… anyone. Feminism is and gender equality is my goal for the future, what's yours?
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