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A Year in Review: What Hillary's loss meant to us.

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This post was written in early 2017, but I forgot to publish it and only recently came upon it. Sorry about that. _________________________________________________ This isn't meant to be disrespectful, it is meant to point out the values that this country seems to carry, from my point of view. Last year on November 8th (2016), the country, if not the world, was... shocked. Perhaps pleasantly so, perhaps unpleasantly so. I just happen to live in a pocket of the country that aligns with very left-leaning principles, and I myself lean left. Most of the people I know really  disagree with all that is Trump. On the morning after the election, heck, I got a couple of consolation hugs unprompted, and within a week our school sent out a letter addressed to staff, parents and students that outlined a couple of incidents of racism and bigotry that were perhaps spurred by the recent event, and the school was very firm in its opposition to such speech, and its zero-tolerance for harass...
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The Role of Man in Feminism

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No, not the enemy.  Sure, the occasional "I hate men" post-breakup is an acceptable form of frustration-venting, but the general rule of thumb : work together.  Why? Let's explain with a contorted metaphor. There's possibly... let's say, a health bill on the senate floor. The bill is generally perceived to be a conservative one, and has received backing from certain conservative leaders.  The fact of the matter is, though, that we have heard opposition to this bill from both conservatives and  liberals. We have united support from both sides  of the aisle that have led to the majority of the country disagreeing with said hypothetical health bill. Proponents against women's rights, and the goals of feminism, are the bill, and support from both sides of the aisle? - Well, that's your united support from men and women.  Though there are some factors here that remain unexplored in the metaphor.  For example, the metaphor illustrates two ...
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I'm not a feminist... but I believe in equality

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     Feminist.             In the United States of America, this word has a daunting connotation. These days nobody can get past seeing people use words such as Feminazi  to describe ye man-haters and bra-burners who can't get through a conversation without becoming passionate and severely critical of trivial issues that remotely deal with gender. Another issue people take with the word is the limited application of feminist ideals to certain races and classes. "Modern Feminism", as some people put it, is insufficient.             I'd like to propose the radical idea that it is not feminism which is insufficient, but mindsets. As an immigrant who moved to America well-past my understanding of the term feminism  as well as its usage, American reactions to the word are simply shocking to me. An easy way to define the problem is, well, its definition itself. To put it in perspective, before I move...
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Shouldn't change start coming around sometime?

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After the New Delhi rape case, you can ask me whether or not I'm outraged. My answer would sadly be: Which one are you referring to?                            Why is it that women, after coming so far in so many places, such as jobs and education, are still being suppressed by the most basic and fundamental structure: physical strength? People can survive without being a physical Hulk, and men are just generally more gifted in that area. But you cannot impose on men as much as you can on women. Women are the ones who bear children, and that fact alone has driven discrimination in the world. In the western world, women were considered to be of weak minds, that could not tolerate much more than knitting, cleaning, and raising children.               Of course, the women eventually began proving them wrong in the late 1700's, with A Vindication of  the Rights of Woman ...
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