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First off, I'm a feminist.
Second, I think way too many people have these misconceptions about feminists because they've been misinformed, or they've been scared off because of social media warriors. Whatever the case is, I'm here to (maybe) enlighten you.
Contrary to popular belief, feminism has nothing to do with belittling men; in fact feminism doesn't support sexism against either gender. Feminism works toward equality, not female superiority.
Feminists respect individual, informed choices and believe there shouldn't be a double standard in judging a person. Everyone has the right to sexual autonomy and the ability to make decisions about when, how and with whom to conduct their sexual life. Meaning: we don't believe in slut shaming.
But it lets take a look into some actual facts:
-Women earn 78 cents for every dollar a man makes.
-Only 17% of the seats in Congress are held by women.
-although 48% of law school graduates and 45% of law firm associates are female, women make up to only 22% federal-level and 26% of state level judgeships.
-Even in the 10 top paying jobs for women, females earn less then men. Only one career, speech pathology, pays the same regardless of gender.
-Despite previous attempts to ratify a UN treaty guaranteeing the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, the U.S. refuses to support an international bill of rights for women signed by nearly every other nation on the planet.
-According to a recent survey, just 20% of Americans consider themselves feminists, approximately 8% consider themselves as anti feminists, while 63% said they are neither. However most respondents (82%) believed that men and women should be equal, with just 9% saying that men and women should not be equal.
-Globally, about 1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime.
-approximately 38% of all murders of women globally are committed by their intimate partners.
-according to the U.N., 99.3% of women and girls in Egypt have been subjected to sexual harassment.
-Over 130 million women around the world have undergone female genital mutilation. This is when girls have either part or all of the clitoris and inner and outer labia cut off, without anesthesia. Often they have part of their vagina sewed up as well.
-approximately 1.2 million children worldwide are victims of human trafficking, and over 80% are girls.
-In ten countries, women are legally bound to obey their husbands. Only 76 countries have legislation that directly targets domestic violence; just 57 of them include sexual abuse.
-worldwide, just 24% of senior management roles are held by women.
-just 1% of tilted land in the world is owned by women.
-in the 1990s, the pop group the Spice Girls introduced the phenomenon of "Girl power," which assumed that women could use society's expectations of female behavior to multiple patriarchy and achieve success through female bonding.
-Some feminists argue that men's liberation should be included in the aims of feminism becuase men have also been harmed by traditional gender roles.
-in 1950, women comprised less than 2% of the U.S. military. Currently, about 14% of active members in the U.S. armed forces are women.
-women are more likely to get a high school diploma than men. In addition, over 60% of college degrees in the United States are rewarded to women.
-Women hold the highest IQ scores ever recorded.
-The first women to run and finish the Boston Marathon was Roberta Gibb in 1966. However, becuase women were not allowed to officially enter the race until 1972, she did not get credit for it.
-the U.S. Congress places in the bottom half of nations governments around the world in terms of women members.
-The fifty-two countries have had a female head of state over the past 50 years, including India, Bangladesh, Sri, Lanka, Pakistan, Liberia, and China. However, the United States is among those who never have.
-America women are twice as likely as men to retire in poverty.
-In Saudi Araba, women are not allowed to drive. However, Saudi women are currently challenging this law.
-in 1770, the British Parliament proposed a bill that women using makeup should be punished punished for witchcraft.
-in Ecuador, abortion is illegal unless you are "demented" or an "idiot." Additionally, the law is often used to criminalize miscarriages.
-About 14 million girls are married before they turn 18. In 2014, an estimated 14 million girls worldwide, some as young as 8 years old, were married.
-in Saudi Arabia and Morocco, rape victims can be charged with a crime such as engaging in illicit sex. Tragically, a sixteen year old in Morocco killed herself after a judge forced her to marry her rapist under a law that dismisses rape charges if the parties marry..
-women are not allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia and Vatician City.
-In the early 19th century, married women in Europe and the U.S. had no legal identity apart from their husbands, a status known as coverture. This means that women could not be party in a lawsuit, sit on a jury, own property if widowed, or write a will. Custody was also usually granted to the child's father.
-in some parts of India, roads safety laws do not apply to women. An exemption that kills or injures thousands of women each year.
-in Yemen, women are considered to be only "half a witness" this means that a single woman's testimony isn't taken seriously unless it's backed up by a mans word. Additionally, women cannot testify at all in cases of adultery, libel, theft, or sodomy.
-mothers of newborns are guaranteed paid leave in 188 countries, only 9 countries do not: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Surinam, Tonga, and the United States.
-The introduction of the birth pill in 1965 helped women choose between a full time career and motherhood, or do both.
On top of all this, I feel like there is a situation where men aren't treated the same way as women. That is: male rape victims.
Another thing is that believing in gender equality also leads me to believe that under the circumstances that we go to war, women should be drafted! That's not beneficial to women but gender equality doesn't always equal positive things.
Hope this helped some of you and maybe the fear of calling yourself a feminist is gone 😂❤️
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https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-feminism
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