Women's Rights
Today's A to Z Challenge post brought to you by the letter... Sexism does still exist in this world. Feminism is a dirty word, to the point where some people are afraid to call themselves one out of fear of being sent death threats, rape threats, threats of being doxxed, or “just” being sent pictures of male genitalia. Admittedly, feminism isn’t without unpleasant people. If you’ve ever heard the word TERF, it stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, basically someone who refuses to include non-binary women and accuses them of being men trying to infiltrate female spaces (they’re not). These types also tend to be dismissive of the problems of POC and anyone on the Queer spectrum. They’re horrible people. But they shouldn’t be the reason to hate every feminist any more than the Westboro Baptist Church is an excuse to hate every Christian. Feminism is about the equality taken away by sexism. The wage gap exists ; women really do make less than men for the same...