whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because…NOT because I feel pressured in to changing my appearance…I enjoy makeup, being slim, dressing up, & looking my best (by my own standards)! NOT because patriarchy is holding me down…I have NEVER felt threatened or judged because of my gender. NOT for my own sake…because I’m not a stuck up brat creating non-existent problems for myself in order to feel political…I need feminism for Malala, who got shot in the head for her right to an education, for those who are stoned or beaten by their own families for talking to another man — for all the women in places where patriarchy still actually exists..we don’t need feminism for our own shallow problems, THEY DO!

I feel like this is actually quite offensive if thought about. “Our shallow problems” “where patriarchy still exists”, etc. Being sheltered is no excuse for either what appears to be a white-saviour complex or for assuming that nobody else in the first world has serious problems with the patriarchy.

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  7. sewonandsewforth reblogged this from socorro345 and added:
    FINALLY.
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    You have never felt threatened or judged because of your gender? Well GOOD FOR YOU, but (and
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    The only good ineedfeminismbecause post...down. What a surprise.
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    There’s always one! Thank you
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    You are doing it right.
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  13. betheothergirl reblogged this from chakrabot and added:
    Yes, and no. I mean, yes. At this point, feminism is pretty shallow here. We don’t need it as much as people say we do....
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    All of this.
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    THIS. A MILLION TIMES.
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    They took it down!