In a verbal battle, that lasted for about 2 hours, my colleague attempted to explain that feminism is no longer needed in today’s society because this upcoming generation of educated male college students are more aware and in favor of gender equality. We agreed up to this point, to a certain extent, but the main application of the word was the point of difference. He believes that in action, feminist women hate men and their main goal in their feminist approaches is to see men go down. Initially, it isn't necessarily a bad thing to think this way, but as we expand our knowledge about feminism, it is easy to recognize that one of the main goals of feminist women is to reach a point of gender equality in all sorts of aspects. Employment, psychological and emotional gender equality acceptance of society and its habitants as a whole is a dream that many women wake up and fight for each day.
Although I agree that this upbringing generation of male college students do not hold the same ignorant mentality about women, as baby boomers and folks from the past have, I believe feminism is still needed today. Women that will soon graduate from college, or already have, will unfortunately still deal with the individuals from past generations that still hold a mentality of men power over women. Since males are more likely to hold a position of power in major companies and places of employment.
The purpose of this blog isn’t to persuade you to think a certain way or to convince you that what I believe is right and others opinions are irrelevant, but to make you think about whether or not feminism is still needed in today’s society and how the word feminism applies in context.
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