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    The document discusses why feminism is still needed today. It begins by defining feminism as advocating for women's political, social, and economic equality to men. However, feminism is often misunderstood and some see it as unnecessary. The document then provides several examples of ongoing gender inequalities that demonstrate why feminism is still needed, such as the gender pay gap, societal expectations placed on both women and men, and the need to change attitudes that objectify or demean women. It concludes by arguing that feminism aims to allow both women and men to be free of restrictive gender expectations and roles.

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    The document discusses why feminism is still needed today. It begins by defining feminism as advocating for women's political, social, and economic equality to men. However, feminism is often misunderstood and some see it as unnecessary. The document then provides several examples of ongoing gender inequalities that demonstrate why feminism is still needed, such as the gender pay gap, societal expectations placed on both women and men, and the need to change attitudes that objectify or demean women. It concludes by arguing that feminism aims to allow both women and men to be free of restrictive gender expectations and roles.

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    The document discusses why feminism is still needed today. It begins by defining feminism as advocating for women's political, social, and economic equality to men. However, feminism is often misunderstood and some see it as unnecessary. The document then provides several examples of ongoing gender inequalities that demonstrate why feminism is still needed, such as the gender pay gap, societal expectations placed on both women and men, and the need to change attitudes that objectify or demean women. It concludes by arguing that feminism aims to allow both women and men to be free of restrictive gender expectations and roles.

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    The document discusses why feminism is still needed today. It begins by defining feminism as advocating for women's political, social, and economic equality to men. However, feminism is often misunderstood and some see it as unnecessary. The document then provides several examples of ongoing gender inequalities that demonstrate why feminism is still needed, such as the gender pay gap, societal expectations placed on both women and men, and the need to change attitudes that objectify or demean women. It concludes by arguing that feminism aims to allow both women and men to be free of restrictive gender expectations and roles.

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    The key takeaways are that feminism advocates for political, social, and economic equality between women and men. It is often misunderstood as being anti-men or unnecessary in modern society, but there are still many gender inequalities that feminism aims to address.

    Some examples given of why we still need feminism are the gender pay gap, victim blaming around sexual assault prevention, lack of representation of women in positions of power like the US Senate, enforcement of gender roles and expectations from a young age, and toxic masculinity.

    Rhetorical devices like repetition, parallel structure, and isocolon are used to emphasize points and keep the writing flowing. Logos, ethos, and pathos are also employed to appeal to logic, credibility, and emotion.

    Why Do We Still Feminism?

    What is feminism? That's the first question that needs to be


    answered whenever people talk about equal rights. Feminism is
    defined as the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of
    political,
    social,
    and
    economic
    equality
    to
    men.
    The majority of the people nowadays tend to imagine that a
    woman is a man-hating, a bra-burning, and a whiny liberal
    whenever they hear the word "Feminism." Even among more
    moderate crowds, feminism is still seen as too radical, too
    uncomfortable, or simply unnecessary. However, it is both
    misunderstood and denigrated regularly on a broad societal scale,
    and there are hundreds of reasons why humans need to make
    conscious about this issue, and actually consider to radically
    change their minds toward how a man and a woman are seen.
    Because being a feminist has nothing to do with how you look,
    what you wear, who you date, or how often you have sex. Being a
    feminist doesn't mean you think women deserve special rights; it
    means we deserve equal ones. And while a primary purpose of
    feminism is to empower women, it does not mean feminists view
    all women as weak and oppressed. In fact, they are not aiming to
    make women stronger; they already know they're strong. They
    just want society to see that too. In addition, empowering women
    does not mean belittling or punishing men. Men also suffer from
    gender role assumptions that place expectations upon them to
    live and act a certain way, and thats only one reason why we
    need feminism.
    We need feminism because to men, a key is a device to open
    something. For women, it's a weapon we hold between our fingers
    when we're walking alone at night.
    We need feminism because we teach women how to prevent
    rape, instead of teaching people to not view women as objects.

    We need feminism because overall, women still earn less money


    than men with the same education level.
    We need feminism because it's assumed that if you are nice o a
    girl, she owes you sex, therefore, if she turns you down, she's a
    bitch who's put you in the "friend zone."
    We need feminism because we now have a record number of
    women in the US senate... Which is 20 out of 100.
    We need feminism because sexism is something that we see very
    often, and the majority of the time society values someone of how
    they dress. And if a woman decides to put a mini skirt on she is
    defined as too "provocative."
    We need feminism because guys are expected to buy flowers, pay
    dates, and treat girls like "princesses" all the time.
    We need feminism because since girls and boys are born, parents
    raise them always classifying between "girl things" and "boy
    things," as toys, manners and even clothes.
    We need feminism because guys should not feel insulted when
    called a "girl." Or when a girl is called a "lesbian."
    We need feminism because the toxic masculinity is a product of
    the same system that makes women submissive to men.
    The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be
    rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier
    we would be, how much freer to be our individual selves, if we
    didnt have the weight of gender expectations. And as Dale
    Spencer once said: Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no
    opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no
    enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for
    education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in
    the streets, for child care, for social welfare, for rape crisis

    centers, women's refuges, reforms in the law. If someone says,


    'Oh, I'm not a feminist', I ask, 'Why? What's your problem?

    Rhetorical Devices used (key)

    Red - Figures of Speech / Repetition / Anaphora


    Navy Blue - Syntax / Parallel Structure
    Orange - Syntax / Isocolon
    Green - Logos
    Purple - Ethos
    Light Blue - Pathos
    Resources

    http://www.whoneedsfeminism.com/about.html

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/reasons-all-women-needfeminism#.mfGGdX2pB

    http://hitrecordjoe.tumblr.com/post/51568388181/why-society-stillneeds-feminism-because-to-men

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/casey-cavanagh/why-we-still-needfeminism_b_5837366.html

    http://sorayachemaly.tumblr.com/post/50361809881/why-societystill-needs-feminism-because-to-men

    http://feministquotes.tumblr.com/

    https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/83682.Dale_Spender

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