Think women have achieved equality? Think again

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I'm just going to leave this here, as it's a brilliant read, written by someone who actually knows what they're talking about:

We Can't be Equal While...

Speaking of females, I've just watched Winters Bone with Jennifer Lawrence: I can definitely recommend it!

Comments

[the-silverdoe.livejournal.com]

Eek. I had a long argument with my dad over this the other day, but there are just some things he won't hear. He keeps telling me 'if you don't stop being so agressive [about sexist jokes etc.] you're going to turn guys down'. And I say 'I don't give a fuck'.
I think the solution is treating men the way they treat us, say 'you're an arsehole' when we think they behave like arseholes and stop feeling ashamed/guilty about everything we do. It's damn hard, but let's just be ourselves and say 'fuck it'.

[thymelady.livejournal.com]

Good post there! I'm ashamed whenever I see a list over countries that haven't had a female president yet. Sweden is one of them. It makes me furious every day. That's one of the things.

The points the post made about women 'mustn't be too aggressive because...' (which also the_silverdoe writes about) is also very good and true. What I also like is that the post brings forward that gender equality is for BOTH men and women; both sexes benefit from it.

Don't keep calm and fight on. :-) Sorry if I sound too cheerful, but the fact that young people take these issues seriously (more seriously than we did in my time) makes me so happy. It gives me great hope!

[inky808.livejournal.com]

I swear, I've been ranting about feminism all day today. This list brings me much joy, because so many people seem to think we have equality in society, when we clearly don't.