Whether on TV, on the internet or in any other means of communication, you have easily come across the word “FEMINISM”. Even without having full knowledge of the cause, most people end up understanding a little of the general idea, which is about women's equality, however it is a movement with extreme depth of cause and so many things need to be demystified. Many things indeed.
Because when we talk about feminism, we are not talking about a feeling or something like “being sympathetic”. You don't feel like a feminist because you agree with a premise or two of the movement, nor do you become a feminist because you bought a shirt or got a feminist tattoo. It is not a belief that is based on what you “believe or not” or conclusions based on personal, individual or even subjective experiences. Feminism is also not a religion, a therapy group that relieves and consoles, nor does it even make you a better or different person; it is not a sect that has leaders or leaders or bosses. Another pretty funny point: feminism has nothing to do with hair.
I can be a heterosexual, white, high-income, religious, child-bearing, married, housewife, dyed-haired woman and be a feminist. Feminism is not about one woman or another. Feminism is nothing more than the organized actions of women (currently even some men) against a system that oppresses them. The feminist is the woman who works organized with others to fight this system.
Feminism values ​​women's freedom and this has nothing to do with stereotypes given to militants, turning them into "witches" of society. It is the constant action for the dismantling of the oppressive structure.
There are so many reasons for us to start learning and teaching women to actively defend themselves, that it becomes urgent to fight for laws and measures to advance agendas that will bring more equity to women in society, end the mechanisms of socialization of children, protect women from male violence, end reproductive exploitation and domestic work.
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Keeping this in mind, and also in the heart, is very important, because feminism is a struggle waged by women and for women (and women are people), with the difficulties inherent in our socialization, female rivalry, the abuse of empathy, the insistent mothering of men, which makes it so difficult to maintain an organized practice.
When we talk about one not letting go of the other, it doesn't mean that we're going to pass over character, ideological or political errors that occur in society, regardless of gender. Not letting go of your hand is ensuring that we are all free to make our choices and also their consequences.
