Feminism

Gender and women studies         8/29/16

Recently having entered college and being enrolled in a Gender and women studies course has created a very interesting series of thoughts in my normally collected simple head.

Why is it that gender rolls still control most of the important conversation we have today?
I understand that our history has been flooded with the problems of "keeping women in their place" but in the 21st century it's not crazy to think we could resolve conflicts without telling women they belong in the kitchen or are undeserving to earn as much as men do in the work place.

Regardless of what time period you are in there is a stigma about being a woman that seems to be unshaken by the turmoils of time.  When you tell people you are a feminist you will receive a few weird looks and maybe even a few "heck yeahs" from other who support women in their quest for equality but most of all you will get the assumption that you are a power hungry crazy hormonal witch on the quest to achieve maximum control of how the world is run. What society fails to understand is that you do not have to be a radical feminist to want to women to be equal to men.
We live in a society where we are always at odds with something, be it another country, african american rights, minority rights, or even just equality struggles all around... life is a power imbalance constantly.  But I feel it necessary to point out that the one struggle that has seemingly yet to give way is that of gender equality because the reality of the matter not every single women wants the same thing!

Maybe I would love to be a home maker and take care of my children, I may actually enjoy the idea of cooking for my "bread winner husband" and cleaning the house, and even if I don't I should be able to say something like that without hearing "you'r setting women back 50 years"

The point of feminism is being able to choose your path and becoming YOUR full potential not what the majority of women or the opposing side of society believe you should be so long as you have the same opportunities as everyone else.