I am a feminist.
In today's world that word has lost its meaning because of extremist "feminists" who forgot that feminists fight for the equality of the sexes. But the rest of us only want ALL to be treated EQUALLY in the workforce, home and society.
I hate socially mandated gender roles because they dictate what we all should do even though it might not be something we agree with or want. Recently I was the "victim" of bullying caused by this because I openly disagreed with the action of dividing tasks between my male and female peers. I participated in the "manly stuff" that was meant for the males to do, even though I and many of my female peers were just as capable or even more experienced with this.
I believe that we should not limit our actions to those that are acceptable for our gender, but to those that we are capable of doing. With this I mean that if a guy wishes to bake, who are we to stop him? And if a girl wants to chop wood, why should we stop her?
In today's world that word has lost its meaning because of extremist "feminists" who forgot that feminists fight for the equality of the sexes. But the rest of us only want ALL to be treated EQUALLY in the workforce, home and society.
I hate socially mandated gender roles because they dictate what we all should do even though it might not be something we agree with or want. Recently I was the "victim" of bullying caused by this because I openly disagreed with the action of dividing tasks between my male and female peers. I participated in the "manly stuff" that was meant for the males to do, even though I and many of my female peers were just as capable or even more experienced with this.
I believe that we should not limit our actions to those that are acceptable for our gender, but to those that we are capable of doing. With this I mean that if a guy wishes to bake, who are we to stop him? And if a girl wants to chop wood, why should we stop her?
