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When many women hear the word “feminism,” they think about angry, bra-burning ladies in the 1970s, terms like “man-hater” and worse... But a feminist isn’t someone who hates men, and it isn’t even necessarily someone who identifies as a woman. Anyone can be a feminist, and you don’t have to be politically active to support the cause.

Merriam Webster (thats right, not just google at my fingertips 😂) defines 'feminism' as the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the genders or organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests. Those interests range widely, but they include equal pay, family leave, and even the ability to walk down the street without feeling unsafe. It may seem obvious that all women - and even all decent people - should want those things, but many stats (𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘰𝘷.𝘤𝘰.𝘶𝘬/𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴/𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺/𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴-𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴/2022/03/08/𝘩𝘰𝘸-𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯-𝘥𝘰-𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩-𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯-𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭-𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦-𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘥𝘢𝘺-𝘥 2022) show many women still don’t feel comfortable calling themselves feminists.

There are also stats on '𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.𝘰𝘳𝘨.𝘶𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸-𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢-𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯-𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭-𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦-𝘢𝘵-𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵/' that say 'One in two women felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a quiet street near their home, compared to one in seven men.' (Released August 2021)

I guess all I want for my children, my daughters, is to feel safe in a world of men. For them to have equal pay. Equal power. Equal choices. I want for my son to respect women and to not be the kind of man to make a woman feel unsafe. Each day I worry for my daughter walking to and from school, part of growing up is being in the world but the world scares me.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢? 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣, 𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙨, 𝙙𝙞𝙢, 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙛𝙖𝙩, 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙡𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙢𝙪𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚. 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩? 𝙊𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚.