Feminism Isn’t A Bad Word!

Primos y Primas, let's educate ourselves! Over the past few years, the feminist movement has been beaten down and given a negative connotation, but it’s only being misunderstood. The definition of feminism simply means believing that women are equal to men and should be held accountable for that in all areas such as payment and treatment. However, due to spread of propaganda and social media, this word has been translated to “a group of angry women who hate men.” The word has been given a completely different meaning. Women are afraid to identify with the word and men are deterred from women who do.

These ideas influenced a lot of people and ruined their mindset on the topic. It’s not just men either; women fell into the same mindset that being a feminist is bad. With the power of social media, this wave of ignorance resulted in misinforming users and eroded the entire purpose and effectiveness of the movement.

Being a feminist, despite what you may read on the internet, is actually a really wonderful thing to be apart of regardless of your gender. Starting from nothing, feminism is what helped give women the capability to live the lives they do today. These ideas are what gave us women’s suffrage in the 1920s, it’s what brought women in the workforce in the 1940s, and it’s what ultimately triggered the feminist movement itself in the 1960s. 

Today, feminists stand together to support women of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community and victims of assault or injustice. This movement possesses so much power from what it has done and what it can continue to do. Thinking back to the role women used to have, you were expected to only get married and have kids. Now, the future for a woman is full of opportunities. So let's educate ourselves before we start spreading options versus facts..

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