One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman
The feminism - a notion that recently has acquired very
negative connotation. Many people criticise feminists without even knowing
exactly what they’re fighting for. They tend to think that it is very radical
activity that not only fights for women’s rights but often is associated with men
hatred, let alone is trying to show the superiority of woman. This is what
worries me the most. How on Earth people, who have no idea what feminism is about,
dare to criticise or fight against believes of feminists? Speaking of which,
feminism by definition is the belief in a gender equality which means that both men and women should have equal opportunities
and rights to be treated equally in all fields of life such as work, home
activities, society relations etc.
How many times we
have heard ‘for being a woman you drive really good’ or ‘women are supposed to
sit at home and raise children’ or going further ‘men will never be as good as
women’ at raising children. Why society depending on our sex is deciding or
judging whether we’re good at something or not? Just because someone was born a
man or a woman doesn’t mean that he or she will do something better or worst. Or
how many times we’ve heard that men should be strong and brave so they are not
supposed to cry and on the contrary that women should be fragile and delicate.
Both men and women have rights to be vulnerable or strong, there’s nothing
wrong with men who cry nor with women who are confident and powerful.
We should be evaluated
by our skills and capacity to do something and not by our gender. Even
though we live in a 21st century and so many changes have already been introduced yet we daily hear about women who can’t decide about their own bodies, about bosses who are using their power to look for a little bit too long and come a little bit too close, about violence on women, let alone feminicide . Sadly yet we cannot say that there’s a country in the world where full gender equality has been achieved. Recent events have shown that even one of the most active country when it comes to a fight for gender equality, US has in their politics a strong individual that yet disrespects women as it said Michelle Obama ‘he has said so many different things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning […] we saw this candidate actually bragging about assaulting women’. This only shows that yet there are many things to change and we can make that change. As Emma Watson said: ‘If not me who, if not now when’
though we live in a 21st century and so many changes have already been introduced yet we daily hear about women who can’t decide about their own bodies, about bosses who are using their power to look for a little bit too long and come a little bit too close, about violence on women, let alone feminicide . Sadly yet we cannot say that there’s a country in the world where full gender equality has been achieved. Recent events have shown that even one of the most active country when it comes to a fight for gender equality, US has in their politics a strong individual that yet disrespects women as it said Michelle Obama ‘he has said so many different things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning […] we saw this candidate actually bragging about assaulting women’. This only shows that yet there are many things to change and we can make that change. As Emma Watson said: ‘If not me who, if not now when’
That’s why I
strongly believe that we have to spread that thought. That it is not about
being better or worst then anybody it’s about being a woman or a man it’s a
about human rights that are given to everyone without any division.
Here, as a
conclusion I would like to share with you a short youtube video that made me
realise that feminism doesn’t have to be an unpopular or negative word and that
gender equality is worth fighting for because we all deserve to be treated the
same way.
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