Thursday, 18 February 2016

Equality

So I did a previous post stating that I was a feminist and because of that it meant that I want equality regardless of what that means, whether its good or bad.

Yes I would like it to be acceptable for girls and women to wear what they want, after all its common sense in the winter we'll wear jumpers but we're not going to do that when the sun is shining. We also actually wear outfits for ourselves, okay we may make a little more effort if we fancy someone or we're going on a date but again that is our choice.

However, equality also applies for men, that means that a man should be entitled to spend the same amount of time with his child as the mother. A man should not have to live up to the expectations of being 'manly' it is acceptable to cry and perfectly fine if they don't have a six pack.

I want equality, I want the girls that paint their faces to feel as equally important as the ones who don't and are 'naturally beautiful'. I want a man to feel it is acceptable to hurt and that he doesn't have to be 'macho'.

I guess I believe in this because I've felt that, I've felt less equal to a guy and I know that it sucks, which means I don't want anyone to feel like that whether they're male or female.

I want everyone to feel as if they deserve better, I don't want it to be acceptable for a man to be dismissed if he has been attacked. I don't want No to mean 'Convince me' no matter what gender. However I can only come at this from my point of view.

As a student I like to go out and socialise, and there is always at least one creepy guy in the bar, and grabbing a girls arm is probably not going to convince her and if she says no she means it and is not playing hard to get. I've also seen guys accosted by women, not all guys are going out just to attract a girl, they are probably going out to enjoy themselves.

Feminism is often seen as being biased and essentially complaining but is it too much to ask that everyone is treated the same. If a guy is treated like a slave why should he treat his partner like they deserve the world. Feminism is more than wanting women to be treated better, it is not an excuse for us to be treated better than men. Things should be equal whether that is promotions, wages, prison sentences or punishments or just life in general.

I'm not asking to be saved, I'm not asking to be treated any better, I just want every one to be treated like a human being.


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