{"id":740,"date":"2013-06-05T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/?p=740"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:25:44","slug":"content-why-society-still-needs-feminismfrom-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"Why Society Still Needs Feminism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A found a post linked by a friend that I believe we all<\/em> need to think about. I don’t think I realized until 2011 just how much<\/em> crap almost every<\/em> woman goes through on a very<\/em> regular basis. I mean, I knew this stuff happens, but I didn’t realize how common<\/em> it is. If you’re a guy, please follow the link below and know that people you care about are putting up with this on a regular basis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/sorayachemaly.tumblr.com\/post\/50361809881\/why-society-still-needs-feminism-because-to-men<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

(JHM, update 2025 September 20: I decided to copy the text in case the page goes away.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Society Still Needs Feminism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it\u2019s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we\u2019re walking alone at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the biggest insult for a guy is to be called a \u201cpussy,\u201d a \u201clittle bitch\u201d or a \u201cgirl.\u201d From here on out, being called a \u201cpussy\u201d is an effing badge of honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because last month, my politics professor asked the class if women should have equal representation in the Supreme Court, and only three out of 42 people raised their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because rape jokes are still a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because despite being equally broke college kids, guys are still expected to pay for dates, drinks and flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because as a legit student group, Campus Fellowship does not allow women to lead anything involving men. Look, I know Eve was dumb about the whole apple and snake thing, but I think we can agree having a vagina does not directly impact your ability to lead a
college organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because it\u2019s assumed that if you are nice to a girl, she owes you sex \u2014 therefore, if she turns you down, she\u2019s a bitch who\u2019s put you in the \u201cfriend zone.\u201d Sorry, bro, women are not machines you put kindness coins into until sex falls out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because only 29 percent of American women identify as feminist, and in the words of author Caitlin Moran, \u201cWhat part of \u2018liberation for women\u2019 is not for you? Is it freedom to vote? The right not to be owned by the man you marry? The campaign for equal pay? Did all that good shit get on your nerves? Or were you just drunk at the time
of the survey?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because when people hear the term feminist, they honestly think of women burning bras. Dude, have you ever bought a bra? No one would burn them because they\u2019re freaking
expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because we now have a record number of women in the Senate \u2026 which is a measly 20 out of 100. Congrats, USA, we\u2019ve gone up to 78th place for women\u2019s political representation, still below China, Rwanda and Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because recently I had a discussion with a couple of well-meaning Drake University guys, and they literally could not fathom how catcalling a woman walking down University Avenue is creepy and sexist.
Could. Not. Fathom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because on average, the tenured male professors at Drake make more than the tenured female professors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because more people on campus complain about chalked statistics regarding sexual assault than complain about the existence of sexual assault. Priorities? Have them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because 138 House Republicans voted against the Violence Against Women Act. All 138 felt it shouldn\u2019t provide support for Native women, LGBT people or immigrant women. I\u2019m kind of confused by this, because I thought LGBT people and women of color were also human beings.
Weird, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because a girl was roofied last semester at a local campus bar, and I heard someone say they think she should have been more careful. Being drugged is her fault, not the fault of the person who put drugs in her drink?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Chris Brown beat Rihanna so badly she was hospitalized, yet he still has fans and bestselling songs and a tattoo of an abused woman on his neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because out of 7 billion people on the planet, more than 1 billion women will be raped or beaten in their lifetimes. Women and girls have their clitorises cut out, acid thrown on them and broken bottles shoved up them as an act of war. Every second of every day. Every corner of the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the other day, another friend of mine told me she was raped, and I can no longer count on both my hands the number of friends who have told me they\u2019ve been sexually assaulted. Words can\u2019t express how scared I am that I\u2019m getting used to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because a brief survey of reality will tell you that we do not live in a world that values all people equally and that sucks in real, very scary ways. Because you know we live in a sexist world when an awesome thing with the name \u201cfeminism\u201d has a weird connotation. Because if I have kids someday, I want my son to be able to have emotions and play dress up, and I want my daughter to climb trees and care more about what\u2019s in her head than what\u2019s on it. Because I don\u2019t want her to carry keys between her fingers at night to
protect herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because feminism is for everybody, and this is your official invitation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A found a post linked by a friend that I believe we all need to think about. I don’t think I realized until 2011 just how much crap almost every woman goes through on a very regular basis. I mean, I knew this stuff happens, but I didn’t realize how common it is. If you’re a guy, please follow the link below […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,6],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-deep-thoughts","tag-linkfood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1808,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions\/1808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}