Why Our Society Needs Feminism
By: Elise Reilly
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” -Malala Youfalazi
Malala Yousafzai S.St is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
Women are only paid $0.77 for every dollar a man makes.
**That percentage is lower for women of color. (i.e. Latinas, African-Americans, Asians, etc.)
Dress codes make women virtually unable to wear clothes of their choice.
This student was dress coded for having a sleeveless top underneath of a jacket.
This girl was dress coded for exposing her collarbone.
This woman was dress coded for having her natural hair down.
Meninism, to sum it up, was a movement created to mock feminism.
Need to Know Definitions
Sexism. 1 : prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination against women. 2 : behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex.
Feminism: the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
Misogyny: dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.Sources
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