I am a feminist…or am I really?

feminist

1. A person who supports the equality of women with men.
2. A member of a feminist political movement.
3. One who believes in the social, political, and economical equality of the sexes

Of course I support the equality of the sexes!I also think women are still underrated,unheard and not loud enough!We tend to fight for the wrong things.There is still not enough women in politics,science,comedy and many other male dominated fields!There is a black president of USA but somehow doubt there ever will be a women president in the near future.The thought scares people,both male and female for some reason!

It all went downhill from Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst time, we got the vote and now we don’t need much,or at least we think don’t.But we do!We need equal rights in all fields and we still don’t have them.We may have the rights on paper but do we really in reality.In my field,which is computer science,I really can’t find a true role model apart from Ada Lovelace and shes been dead for over 150 years!She was,for those of you who don’t know, the first computer programmer!And since then you can’t really name any woman that is well known in computer science,a woman that achieved what Jobs and Gates did.

When it comes to politics of course there is/was Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Clinton, Indira Gandhi, just to name a few powerful women who shaped and helped change our world for better or for worse,but still I think there were not or indeed are not enough powerful women in politics!They always tend to lose they femininity and their grace.In the case of Maggie and Clinton, cold seems to be word on every ones lips, not that male politicians are joyful and heartwarming but somehow it shows more with female politicians.

I may be a feminist but I still like to spend an hour getting ready to go out and see nothing wrong with that!Looking good, putting on make up and dressing nice makes me more strong and not the opposite as some may think!I’m not trying to look good so that men will look at me I’m trying to look good so I feel good about myself.Why feminists are always stereotyped as old hairy free of make up women I really don’t know!

So modern feminism does it still exists, well it certainly isn’t as strong as it was in Emmeline Pankhurst time!Which is wrong because we still have a lot to fight for, in the Western world and even more in the the rest of the world.But one of the things we shouldn’t fight for is equal pay for women in tennis!I’m sorry to say but both of the Williams sister combined didn’t work as hard as Federer or Rodick in this years Wimbledon and yet they got the same amount of money!If you want the same money you have to do something for that money, you can’t expect to get 884 pounds per minute of play whereas the men get half as much, surely that’s the opposite of what feminism is, its not equallity of the sexes!

We must choose our battles and never shut up is what I’m trying to say!Far too many women today don’t stand up for themselves and bow down to men despite the fact they may know more.Never be afraid to speak out even if you are wrong is my advice, men have been doing that for years, with enough confidence everyone will believe you.