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RE: Celebrate International Womens Day With a 40 STEEM Giveaway

in #feminism7 years ago

I proudly call myslef feminist. Whenever i raise voice against ill treatment of women, harassment against them, i am called feminist.
Had males been there to protect my rights, my honour; i wouldn't have been a feminist. When they didnt respected my opinion just because i am a woman, i became feminist. When they doubted my abilities, i again became a feminist.
Yes, i am a proud feminist. I speak for myself. I speak for all
#womanpower

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Had males been there to protect my rights, my honour; i wouldn't have been a feminist.

I think it's worth noting here that it was never the responsibility of "males" to protect the rights of women, but rather the responsibility or "people" to protect the rights of people. This has been a failure of both men and women. Both men and women are responsible for how society turns out and if women were restricted to lower valued roles this is a large part the fault of women who were actually more comfortable with these roles which often offered more security and less work.