Tag Archives: equality
rebuttal
I also believe feminism is about making sure that women are free to make their own choices without being discriminated against in any way. So if that’s a woman who wants to work full-time, feminism is about making sure that she earns as much as her male colleague who’s doing the same job. If she wants to work part-time, feminism is about making sure that she can ask for part-time work and that childcare is readily available and not too expensive. And if she wants to stay at home to care for children or the elderly, feminism is about supporting her choice of a caring role and making sure that she’s not financially worse off. Continue reading
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backlash
To me, it is so important that equality is something society as a whole should believe in and work towards, otherwise the women’s movement just disintegrates into an exhausting, futile struggle against our brothers, friends, husbands, fathers. Rather, it should be a struggle with them against injustice. Continue reading
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