Clear your mind here

All of the statements below are real people's responses to why they need feminism when asked by @feministculture via Twitter. I wanted to compile them because I found the responses so compelling and important...

I need feminism because the male figures in my life say that I need to conform to gender roles to get a husband.

I need feminism because there are women younger than me who are forced to stop their education and get married

I need feminism because i constantly hear women base their beauty off of men’s expectations

I need feminism because my 6 year old brother is told to “stop acting like a girl” when he wears stick on earrings

I need feminism because people still don’t realise that telling someone to “man up” hurts ALL sexes.

I need feminism because a guy in my class said “if it’s my wife, then it doesn’t count as rape.”

I need feminism because as a trans man, people tell me I’m fake when I show any female qualities.

I need feminism because I was taught that being alone automatically makes me unsafe.

I need feminism because girls around the world are getting genital mutations to prevent them from making decisions for themselves

I need feminism because after 2 years of hiding I finally explain my sexual abuse story it’s seen as attention seeking.

I need feminism because my history teacher said abuse against men is impossible bc women are weaker physically.

I need feminism because chinese doctors lie to parents if their baby is a girl to prevent abortion; just like the doctors lied to mine.

I need feminism because I was born into a culture that says my main focus should be finding a husband to have kids with.

I need feminism because when my virginity was forcibly taken at 6 years old, I was told I was becoming a man.

I need feminism bc my family worries more about how my male cousin who molested me feels than how I feel dealing with ptsd from it.

I need feminism because women in arranged marriages are disfigured for saying no.

I need feminism because as cis male for feminism, I’m automatically criticized by my own gender for betraying masculinity.

I need feminism because when my family found out I was molested by my grandpa they blamed me for probably seducing him

I need feminism because my mum prays that I marry a successful man more than she prays that I become successful.

I need feminism because I’m tired of reading news of acid attacks in my capital (Bogotá, Colombia)

I need feminism because the first time I was sexually assaulted I was 6 and was told “boys will be boys.”

I need feminism because men are praised for having sex and women are shamed and judged.

I need feminism because when a grown man was accused of raping a young girl someone commented “it takes two to tango.”

I need feminism because when discussing my future marriage with my parents they told me I better learn how to cook and clean.

I need feminism because apparently if I get too drunk and pass out I shouldn’t go cry rape because it made me an easier target.

I need feminism because me having sex and leaving his house the next day is called The Walk Of Shame, but for a man there’s no label.

I need feminism because I want to be able to hang out with my guy friends without being called slut or whore.

I need feminism because people think there are only two genders and three sexualities.

I need feminism bc I can’t walk at night without feeling scared.

I need feminism because my mother shouldn’t tell my brother that only girls cry so he needs to man up.

I need feminism because people still ask what the victim was wearing!

I need feminism because I shouldn’t be told that “real men” don’t get abused.

I need feminism bc im not allowed to wear shorts to school since it “distracts male students.”

I need feminism bc doing an action “like a girl”, “grow a pair” and “don’t be a pussy” are STILL insults… it’s 2015.

I need feminism because boys get high fived when they have sex and girls get called sluts and whores.

I need feminism because a womens dollar is only 78 cents.

I need feminism because there’s nothing wrong with having one sexual partners or multiple: my sex life, not yours: mind ur business.

I need feminism bc my sister has to follow a dress code and she’s 10. they’re sexualizing children now.

I need feminism because I’m supposed to take being objectified as a compliment.

I need feminism because I refuse to live in a world where women are seen as inferior.

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