Title: Why We Still Need Feminism | HuffPost
Headings: Why We Still Need Feminism
Why We Still Need Feminism
Why We Still Need Feminism
It is not a gender issue — it is a humanity issue.
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Content: It isn’t about telling women what to do, it is giving them the ability and freedom to be able to choose to do whatever they want to do — whether that be a stay at home mom, electrical engineer, or business CEO. The purpose is to create a society of equal say, to provide people with the freedom of choice, rather than limited choices of assumption. Feminists don’t believe women should look or behave a certain way, it means they want women have to have the freedom to look and behave however they want — unapologetically. It is not about telling women what they need. While reading through Women Against Feminism posts that say things such as, “I don’t need it because I already feel equal” and “I don’t want feminism because I don’t need special treatment, and don’t support sleeping around,” I can’t help but think it isn’t about our personal wants and needs, though they are all relevant, but rather what we — as a society — needs. If you are a feminist, you believe women should be treated the same as men, not because we’re better, but because we’re human. As Joseph Gordon-Levitt so eloquently worded it, “I’m a believer that if everyone has a fair chance to be what they want to be and do what they want to do, it’s better for everyone. It benefits society as a whole.” The idea that there are still people, let alone women, proudly declaring they don’t need feminism is alarming and frightening — at best. We need feminism because people are still blindly agreeing that women don’t need to be paid for the same work as men, that they are okay with the indifference and injustices so ingrained in society that they have accepted it as a way of life.