Definition Essay On Feminism

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What does feminism really mean?

Well, the definition of feminism is “the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” Now, notice that there is nothing in the definition saying woman want to be higher than men.

A lot of people, men, woman, even me at a time had created this illusion in our brains that Feminism meant woman wanted to be higher in the ranks then men. In my article, there is a post that said “This feminism thing is sickening. Please what are you fighting for? At the end of the day you still want a guy to propose to you.” (Huffington post). This is not what feminism means at all. Feminism means we want to be EQUAL not HIGHER.

Also according to the Huffington Post

“If a woman decides to be a housewife, we want it to be her choice. Her decision.You can only make a choice when you have several options. I’ll illustrate. When a woman chooses to be …show more content…

The Modern Feminist movement is definitely not about wanting to be over men. Some people think it is because some feminists actually do want to be higher than men, but really, the whole movement is about everyone being equal. Feminism literally means, woman who want equality. If you don't want woman to be equal then its fine but I think it's strange how woman don't want to have equal rights and get paid the same amount as men. You don't have to be working a fulltime job and against getting married if you want equal rights as men.

In other countries, women still are treated as actual property. Feminism also wants to stop that, do you really want to be handed over when you turn a certain age to whoever? When you say feminism is bad, you are pushing those woman down and telling them they can’t stand up for themselves.

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