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"Imagine, he called me a feminist!" - A girlfriend said with frightened eyes. Yes, in fact, in our society this word is rather negative than a neutral color. About positive here is not even. The situation for the XXI century is abnormal, weird, but real. So how did it happen that Ukrainians are afraid of the term "feminism", as if an evil demon, which will come and observe the powder of all men? Why do we stubbornly continue to celebrate March 8 as a "Spring Day, Femininity and Beauty Day", and not "International Day for Women's Rights", which proclaimed him in 1977? Answer: From the lack of information multiplied by the desire to get it and realize. And this is in the era of his Majesty Guglya! Well, time to disperse these myths-ghosts. For in fact, feminism is a progressive movement designed to develop society, and not vice versa. So let's get acquainted with the fact that we are so frightening in this term:

Ghost 1. Feminism is a fiction of women to squeeze men

The term "feminism" in the XIX century invented a man - Charles Fourier, a French socialist utopian, who believed that the prerequisite for progress is to provide both sexes of equal rights and opportunities. It is about the struggle for the female rights to have a right to man in general and it does not in any way selects them and does not force. Simply think: in Switzerland, women received an electoral right in 1973, in Portugal in 1974, and, for example, the right to open accounts in banks to his name and dispose of his own property of the British only gained in 1975. That is, 1961 people have already flew, but In the cradles of Western civilization, a woman could not go with his own checkbook in a handbag.

Ghost 2. Nobody's women do not get harassed, it's a fictitious problem. Equality is reached

Of course, now everything is much better than 100 years ago, but the problems are real. Since 2006, the world even began to track the gender gender index (English Global Gender Gap Report). This is a comprehensive report-comparison of the division of rights, resources and opportunities in each individual country, which is highlighted annually at the World Economic Forum. In this document - 370 pages, and all of them will indicate that "not all right in the Danish kingdom." In 2020 Ukraine was occupied by 59th place among 153 states. And our women, according to the State Statistics Service, the end 2020 earned only 78% of the earnings of men. Thus, it is formally to say that women are no longer harassed, but also their rights and opportunities are not too actively added. The gap still exists in various spheres of life. On this and pays attention to the feminist movement.

Ghost 3. Feminists hate men

No hate as such exists. The fact is that, first in the media space, the feminist movement, as a rule, is highlighted by radical. And this is logical, because the viewer will be more interesting to a sharp plot than just information about what is feminists and they require equal rights. Secondly, it is important to understand that feminism is not a homogeneous. This is a movement in which millions of people with a common position are involved, but everyone is a separate personality. So, you should not hang labels of radicalism at all default in a row. Feminists see and know what kind of women suffer from, and express their support and solidarity. However, this aiming assistance to women in no way means hatred to men in their totality. See the difference.

Ghost 4. Feminists against family and children. Married woman and mother cannot be a feminist

This is absolutely not. The very idea of ​​feminism - in equal rights and opportunities for a woman and here a cornerstone stands for her will and choice. But feminists want to be accurately convinced that marriage and maternity is the most conscious choice, rather than a consequence of harmful gender stereotypes that centuries flourished in the patriarchal world. From the very small girl, the girl pushes into a gender frame "Princesses in a pink dress", which is obliged to be a beautiful, caring "coast of family hearth". Growing, many girls continue to live in this infantile paradigm without knowing how to take responsibility for their own hands. That is, they have a choice without choosing. By the way, gender stereotypes are good for husbands and men who are growing with a bunch of "factory settings" of the patriarchy. And a loving wife and have absolutely correlated with feminism, just like a unmarried woman without children. After all, any weighed choice of free and conscious woman is great.

Ghost 5. Feminists against beauty, for Abortions and want women work in mines

Everything is simple here: the right to choose, gentlemen! Only this is the main thing in all the above issues. In none of the posters of feminist demonstrations, you will not see something like "Anua do not go legs and do not go to manicure!", "Pregnant? Go to do an abortion! "," Exit from the office - unloading cars! ". Instead, you will see a protest against gender stereotypes. After all, the beauty - the concept is absolutely subjective and each decides for itself: it is beautiful with a weight of 100 kilograms or 50 and whether these kilograms in the botforts are on the pin, or in the kedin. As for pregnancy - it is 100% female body assuming all the risks of this process, health and life risks, short and long-term. Therefore, she and decide - a simple logic without decoration and philosophy. As for heavy works, it is really a physically woman can not perform any of them. But suddenly a woman decides that it can - it should have access and the opportunity to get this job. Similarly, if a man, for example, wants to work nurses in a kindergarten, no one can discriminate it in this right. Yes, in general, gender stereotypes in professions is not a place in the modern world. Feminists are well aware.

Ghost 6. Men Feminists does not happen

It is believed that "true man" feminism can only be interested as a target for throwing stones, but not. For, firstly, the concept itself itself is the same obsolete stereotype, the existence of which is very not prior to feminism, and, secondly, feminism - the humanistic concept of equality of rights and opportunities, which ultimately seeks to achieve the rule of freedom of personality and selection. So why is a modern, educated man can not improve it? On feminist marshs from year a year increases men, and many of them simply support this movement and without participation in events. Among the world stars are also enough feminists, in particular: Chris Hamsworth, John Ledend, Tom Hidleston, Tom Hardy, Jason Momoa, Barack Obama, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Yen Somholder and others. All of them have repeatedly made public statements about their position.