I Am A Feminist Because I Believe In Equality Stories of Experiences (Page 7)

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

Cashtration (n...

Nothing is more dangerous than misinformation. There are many myths concerning rape. I have decided to share this information to help dispel the myths and explore

WHO RAPES? WHY DO THEY RAPE? HOW CAN I AVOID BEING VICTIMIZED?

Rapist...

Fact #1: 18.3 % of women in the United States have survived a completed or attempted rape. Of these, 12.3% were younger than age 12 when they were first raped, and 29.9% were between the ages of 11 and 17. (National Intimate Partner and...

Maze of Injustice

A Summary of Amnesty International's Findings

Sexual violence against Indigenous women in the USA is widespread. According to US government statistics, Native American and Alaska Native women are more than 2.5 times...

My daughter left the TV on when she left. I wasn't paying much attention to what was on, but by pure coincidence as I was reading through stories in this EP group, a very unusual scene was playing out on the TV.

The young male hero in...

I happened across this story it is from one of the many antifeminist groups here on EP. It speaks for its self and only furthers my belief in why feminism is still needed.
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objectification means treating a person as an object– i.e., as the opposite of a subject. Think of it like grammar: a subject goes about doing things (in the technical term, it has “agency”); an object has things done to it. For a...

Feminism remains diverse, complex, and continually evolving.

Yes, there is a small segment of feminism, particularly some strands of radical feminism, that posit women’s interests as separate, or opposed to, those of men. But a great...

Parental Alienation Syndrome

Parental Alienation Syndrome is real. It devastates and destroys. And more and more children, grown-up children, and targeted parents are coming forward to speak about their pain.

Parental Alienation...

Simone de Beauvoir famously wrote, “One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” The male corollary, a much older aphorism, is usually framed as an imperative: “Be a man.” Or its inverse: “Don’t be a pussy.”

So what is a...

Founded in 1992, Equality Now is an organization that advocates for the human rights of women and girls around the world by raising international visibility of individual cases of abuse, mobilizing public support through our global...

One of my favorites.

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialog, and strengthen families, communities, and societies.

It...

We know we’re most successful when we make connections among the many challenges people face and the many people and movements needed to create change.

For years, the Ms. Foundation has linked donors, activists and organizations in...

Picture the world through the eyes of a Girls Inc. girl. She belongs to a community that empowers her to pursue the biggest dreams she can dream. She is uplifted by the strength of a national organization that is committed to inspiring...

I am an active member and volunteer for RAINN

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and the National...

Since 2006, MomsRising has been working to bring together millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America.

Our members are bringing important motherhood and family issues to the...

This is one of my favorite resources for feminism.

Our online community empowers people to transform and re-imagine the roles of women and men and encourages people to break barriers so they can be full human beings in the world. For...

Feminism is about equality. Its goal is to have the female as well as the male perspective given equal voices. If we live in a society that is dominated by either sex we do not get the full experience of human life.