By: Joyce S.
Feminism: The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds
of political, social and economic equality to men.
I am not entirely
sure that I am a feminist.
This may sound strange
coming from a girl on a Girl Scout website that is written “by girls, for
girls”, but that is how I feel. I do not think that feminism is a bad thing,
but I do often question the true purpose of excessive feminism in 21st
Century America.
In modern America,
how necessary is feminism? Sexism still definitely exists but I don’t believe
it is at the volume that calls for such large movements of feminism. I feel
like feminism is often used as a crutch; an easy way to play the victim. It is
easy to blame things
America is so close
to an egalitarian society that we can almost taste it. So why do some feminists
still scold us every chance they get. Feminists fight the wrong battles in my opinion.
There are so many countries where women have no rights, much less the rights we
have here in America. Feminists should focus their undeniable power in places
that desperately need help to fight sexism, instead of just sending out their
message of equality in already equal places and acting like all men are doing
something wrong. Men are not all doing something wrong obviously, because I
believe women in America have the same rights that men have. The only
difference between men and women are now only visual within society.
Women are strong,
smart, brave, fierce, kind, resilient, and can’t be held down, and men are no
longer stopping them from being any of these things. I believe women should be
confident, because you are a woman. No one is stopping you from believing these
things any longer. You can get to the top. You can get there as a feminist, but
you can also get there on your own. Go
help the others; the others who have no voice, and leave me alone to fight my
own battles against the remaining bits of sexism in this country.
Not everything is
sexist, not every everything is battle against men. I am not a victim, I have
rights, and I am equal. Yes, there are quite a few mistakes America needs to
fix, but we are almost there. Just realize that you can believe in equal rights
for all genders and be anything you want, regardless of gender, without being a
feminist, but by just being human.
Now, I also believe
that not all feminists are bad, not in the slightest! I am okay with feminists, but I will agree to
disagree with some feminist stances. I will always support the women in America
who still feel the strain of sexism. But I support the fair-mined men too, and I
do not feel like I need feminism to accomplish things.
I believe that all
people are equal. But, I feel that feminism is unclear about whether or not it
completely encompasses this belief and I will keep searching until I find a
label, that society so desperately wants, that fits this belief.
Joyce S.
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