The simple definition for feminism is advocating for women’s rights. Women have been fighting to get treated equally to men for years. It took us a very long time to just be able to vote. Now we’re fighting to get paid the same as men. Men have always been seen as the superior gender. It’s apparent in movies, TV shows, and even the presidents. It’s 2021 and we have yet to see a female president running the country. Women aren’t taken seriously. Men have always said how women “belong in the kitchen” and that they are meant to do “all the hard work”. They’ve grown up on misogyny and haven’t been able to shake it from them. Girls also face an internalized misogyny because of this. From what they’ve seen in media, from the male gaze, it’s apparent that we’re supposed to be girly but not too girly, sporty but not too sporty. It’s very exhausting to have to constantly think about what the best thing to be portrayed as is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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