Yeah, tbh I don't know very much about anything really due to only seventeen-and-a-half-years of life experience, so I'm not gonna be pretentious about this
(#fingerscrossed)
But hey, there's definitely some quality things to be said about equality and I think very few people would actually say "except I don't think women should get equal pay or maternity leave"
- but maybe that's just me.
The trouble is, there's so much obscurity in all of this and people shy away from the term "feminist" because it seems repulsive; unattractive. And you know, I might not be joining any braless protests any time soon, but that doesn't mean I don't believe that women should be treated like people and that we should be able to expect the same standards of safety and freedom as any other human - I don't think that's "radical," personally, I think it's pretty logical.
And I know, I know that soap-boxing about it in platforms like this doesn't usually make one bit of difference, but I just think we need to learn that feminism means believing in the power of the human spirit and in the reality of a potential growing in each person that is so much more than a cookie cutter - we are all a radical idea and I think everyone could move mountains if just given the opportunity.
I don't think men should refuse antidepressants so they can "tough it out" and I don't think women should stop wearing high heels so they can channel a riveter-like spirit for the rest of their lives.
I just think we should be given the same chance to chase and fulfill our potentials as the rest of everyone, regardless of whether or not we have a y chromosome.
That's all.
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