Girl Power, World Power

     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...

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 ...