Wage Gap

from tumblr; the OP deleted their blog

“THIS PICTURE WILL NOT CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT I STILL NEED FEMINISM AND I’M GOING TO REALLY, REALLY TELL آپ WHY”:

-Because I got called a whore for wearing a short plaid سکرٹ, گھیرنا when I was 10

-and because when Nujood Ali from Yemen was 10 she got divorced

-Because black girls’ names became my classmates’ پسندیدہ “joke” when I was 11

-and because when an 11-year-old girl in Texas was raped سے طرف کی 18 men the New York Times wrote of how the girl “dressed older than her age”

-Because I started counting calories when I was 14

-and because when Malala...

Look at all of the stereotypes that existed ever since the beginning of time! They're so toxic and so degrading!

Stereotype 1: Every woman needs a man (which is an issue in many high schools, even colleges and such).

Stereotype 2: All women need rescuing and constant protection.

Stereotype 3: A woman who stands up for herself is considered b*tchy, bossy, and unladylike.

Stereotype 4: A woman is supposed to be submissive and f*cking cowardly! (which is so common)

Stereotype 5: All women are less intellegent, مزید foolish, and can't learn anything.

Stereotype 6: Women are the weakest of the weak....

Farida broke all barriers
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by Ophelia Benson
July 11, 2012


How miserably sad and depressing. Farida Afridi, an activist for tribal women in Pakistan, was murdered today. (You know how. آپ don’t even need to look. Leaving ہوم for work. Guys on motorcycles. Guns. Died on the way to the hospital.)

Along with her sister Noor Zia, Farida was committed to social change and economic emancipation for women from the platform of a welfare organisation called the Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (SAWERA). Both women were among the founding members of the NGO and had a Masters...

Now i'm what I would like to call an average guy. I also like to think that I'm open minded and willing to hear any argument as long as that argument is backed up with cold hard facts.
Now as a guy i personally don't have any experience of any of the issues normally expressed سے طرف کی the feminist movement so my thoughts and opinions are always formed from سیکنڈ hand یا third hand experience (reading articles, watching YouTube ویڈیوز etc.)
Now i'm sure some of آپ are asking yourself why are آپ asking this? Well the answer is as follows.
Two week پہلے i was taking part in a community discussion at...