I'm not a feminist... but I believe in equality
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...