“No way, you can't do that! You're a girl!” At the time, these few words didn’t impact me greatly, however growing up and realizing how society has often perpetuated this idea, it triggered something inside of me. Throughout history, women were considered the inferior sex, however, there were many inspirational women that sought to challenge this and to empower others. Women such as Benazir Bhutto, George Sand and Emmeline Pankhurst dared to overthrow the way society had characterized the 'role' females had in the world. Hillary Clinton, another strong female lead and candidate for Presidency, is making a stand for women around the world that regardless of sex, we all can do anything we put our minds to. Feminism is the movement in which women seek equality with men socially, politically and economically. Initially I've encountered a sexist remark directed at me when I was in grade school. I remember peeking over at a group of boys making drilling sounds as they scooped up sand from the playground. The activity appealed to me and I asked a group of my friends, who were all girls, to come join me in asking to play with the boys. The girls opposed the idea; “They're boys. Why would we …show more content…
That's just the way things are meant to be." 'Meant to be?' I repeated the phrase several times, perplexed as I pondered the deeper meaning of this. Even at a young age, I was adamant in convincing my peers to treat each other the way they would want others to treat them. As I continued my mission in spreading the concept of equality, a group of boys considered me a joke. “You want equality?” One of the boys had asked, ignorantly. “That means I can hit a girl now, right?” Why do the words 'equality' and 'feminism' stir up the physical concept of said words? Here's a suggestion: why don't we keep our hands to