From my previous blog, I stated feminism from my perspective. The idea of making feminism all about gender and seeking of undue attention doesn't fall within my ideology and thoughts.
Talking about how to support feminism doesn't mean, going into the streets with banners and stickers to draw attention from the government and the society.
There are vital ways to support feminism without the world knowing about it, or without someone getting hurt over it.
The secular way of handling the issue of feminism has registered a sort of notion in the minds of most people especially the male folk. So when the word feminism is mentioned, people tend to see it as trying to place women above men or making the society about women or rather the quest for obtaining favours from the government or the society by women.
And with this idea, once you mention the need for the promotion of feminism, most people react negatively towards it.
But I totally disagree and In this post, I want to let everyone reading to know that there are various ways you and I can encourage women, especially the young ones trying to find their path in the society.
- EDUCATION: taking a cursory look at the society, there are so many young women who are abused daily and who indulged in one unhealthy habits or the other, mostly as a result of being defective in knowledge. some has given up in life and come to term with the fact that the life that they are currently leading is the only option for them.
Helping such women by giving them hope and adequate education is a very viable means of promoting feminism.
- SKILLS ACQUISITION : idleness can begat any form of waywardness. When a woman is engaged in any learning or skills acquiring schemes, it takes their minds away from any other things that are not profitable in any way. Most of them have the desire to learn a skill but the financial capacity is lacking. Helping such a person achieve thi, is the right to do.
MORAL SUPPORTS: everyone in the society owes moral obligations to people around them. No one can stand and watch a 5year old pierce his eyes with a knife without trying to stop him. Actually, that is what most women needs from the society.
Many of them might not know what decisions to make at some point, offering to help out can go a long way to put such person on the right track especially the teenagers. Neglecting them to themselves can be disastrous unless she advices herself on her own.
Everyone can afford moral support, please let's not be selfish about it.
AUTONOMY: it's true that most people think women should be dependent, but I will disagree and tell you that nothing brings respect and standard to a woman more than when she is independent.
I don't mean independent in the sense of trying to be strong headed OR rebellious. I'm referring to achievements out of hard work and self discipline. Autonomy financially and otherwise. Whether married or single, young or old.
Parents could help their daughters acheive this, husbands can push their wives to be resourceful by helping them become financially independent, especially those women that thinks every resource in the house should come from the husband.
The list is endless, there are various ways I haven't mentioned but I would love to say that, ways of promoting and encouraging women to have a voice in the society is known to be very broad and wide. You and I can choose to do it our way.
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Hello my new friend! I loved this post because its fluiy from your perspective. I have some thoughts .
First, its a great list. Honestly, if you want to empower any oppressed group this is exactly where one should start.
Second I havent heard of a non-secular approach to feminism? How is it different? My thoughts on that are as follows:
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Great message @favoursampson!! I completely agree with all your points. As a female in a male dominated industrial construction shattering glass ceilings for our kind, I feel the same, those who go and protest or ask for special treatment set the real feminist movement back a few steps. We still need help from our peers men and women to pave the way towards equality in all aspects of our being and inspire/empower the future generation of young ladies. A real feminist does not protest, she acts and educate for the fairness of everyone in her daily activities, achieves personal goals of her own in education, career, family. Strong and independent does not have to be stubborn or uncooperative, just stubborn enough to stand against injustice and build a brighter future. Now that I have completed my studies, i hope to inspire, I recently joined a comitee within my organization that will be analyzing the issues and looking for ways to improve the safety of the workplace and try to achieve a harassment free workplace for females in a male dominated workforce and industry!! I wish you much luck and success in accomplishing your goals as a strong woman !! :)
You have the right idea of what it should be! Stubborn against injustice and subjugation not just being belligerent and uncooperative. Thoughtless struggles never paid positive results and that's for real
You have the right idea of what it should be! Stubborn against injustice and subjugation not just being belligerent and uncooperative. Thoughtless struggles never paid positive results and that's for real
Totally disagree about the call against protest. Asking politely rarely ever makes a cultural paradigm shift. To go out in the streets is a right just as men use all the time when they want to be heard. Protesting is for everyone, women included. Its not only a right but for true societal change to happen, its the only way.
Even speaking here. Is a form of rebellion and protest.
Years ago when women were not allowed to vote in the US, women had these same conversations. But guess what? The Suffragettes won.
On the flipside that really only helped white, straight, cisgendered women.
We continue in this manner, for women of color and those assigned the wromg gender at birth. We do this so that we can say "yes, your individual mind and perspective is valid and valuable to society"
In the short future, loud, rebellious , untidy feminists are a "danger" to comfort. They/we expose things. We challenge men to do better. We challenge them to let go of their privilege. We challenge other women in this same way and to think outside of yhe traditional binary gender paradigm.
It sux in the moment.
But in the long future----well insert your dreams and your dreams for your daughter here.
My entire existence rests on the backs of the women who fought before me. Who are the women who fought for you?
I see what you are saying to a point, I just believe that actively participating in civil discussions and education goes much further at changing things for the better and gain much more respect within our peers than taking the streets and making a show. Like I stated, I work in a male dominated work environment, have done so for over a decade. When I got hired, there were about 10 females for 5000 men,at times I was the only female on some construction sites, things were pretty bad for us for many years,things have gotten better for us and that wasn't achieved by protesting the streets, it was done thru perseverance, education and showing by example and hard work that we have every right to be as the men. I understand some fought for my rights before I came along, I also continue the fight in a peaceful manner for the next generation. Much of what happened last year in the USA when trump got elected, women marching in vagina suits?? what did it achieve? other than being ridiculed across the continent or losing their jobs because they couldn't show up to the job they are supposedly fighting for equality? it simply shows the men that we are too emotional to be among them,kinda solidifies the argument they use to make us feel sub par, you also have to understand your audience and how they view things to have an impact. now the "me too" movement is a great example on how to have in impact, standing together within our respective fields and using the law and our voice to educate one the situation happening and how it's not ok to treat us that way. This movement so far has had a much larger impact than marching in vagina suits and the movement is just beginning. If you feel you need to protest the streets, by all means!! do what you need to, I do not agree with men or women doing it. The committee I joined, that's by nomination position of a 9 person panel ( I was nominated by a man) , I was nominated because of my efforts to have an impact displayed in the last decade and a diplomatic way of handling injustice towards myself and other females. Not once did I protest yet my message is getting across, and that is because I have gained their respect.
Theres a lot to respond to here. Ima need a while to get to it. Its 3 am. But im alll typed out hehe. Blessings to you in your work!
Thank you @ladybug you've stated it correctly. Women needs a safety workplace free from all forms of harassment and undue domination. I'm glad you stopped by, hoping to see more of your comments in subsequent post on this. I've learnt from it.
I will gladly support you and your endeavor to educate and break glass ceilings, by standing together and uplifting each other, we will achieve our goal!! Thank you for being part of this and using your voice to educate. We all have something to learn from each other.
This stated here is indeed what feminism should be about. The present understanding of the movement is being greatly derailed by some as they have made it into a selfish, and somewhat hurtful endeavour. I personally think what would help the cause more is the direction you have proposed here which is more of silent and selfless participation which would not only be more effective but also more moral and less of the noise that is being made nowadays under the umbrella of feminism. I believe what would define the success of the feminist movement is not how much noise is made and how much dust is risen but how much genuine effort is invested by all involved with the goal towards equality. Indeed media coverage may be important to spread awareness and the like, but moderation is very important so that we don't have the real message drowned to the background while we chase frivolities.
Here's to a better world.
To be silent and selfless is what women habe been for years. Autonomy means that all women habe a voice and a chance to live in whatever way is neaningful to them. If that means fighting, its their choice and if it was a man no one would qiestion him. Why? Simply because its a thing that boys are allowed to do. Its important that you dont moderate -- instead-- educate yourself and moderate yourself to adapt to a new world in which women are fully woke , fully independant, and completely varied in their thoughts, ideas, pursuits, and demeanors.
I don't think you got the right idea of what I'm trying to say here. Of course I don't mean literal silence. But go about the idea of feminism the way you see fit I only made my opinion known but please do read my comment carefully before saying things like 'the woman can do whatever she wants because if it was a man that did that he would not be questioned ' Now I did state clearly that the fight should be against subjugation and injustice. The feminist movement is way bigger than statements like "we should be able do this because the man is allowed to" I mean, how's that being independent? It's like a child throwing a tantrum that he wants something not necessarily because he needs it but because someone else has it. Independence is saying "I want to do this because I CAN do it" it should be about what's deserved and not because if the other person can do it then why can I not. Going about the struggle from that angle in my point of view would only case further rift and less solutions. Look at it this way: men don't do things simply because the woman is not allowed to do it. In the era of gender supremacy, men did things because they could. So the same way, the woman should get to the point where she does things because she wants to and she CAN and exempt of that whole contest. Feminism is not a competition between men and women. It's equality. I have no idea if i made sense but that's what I got
You points are superb @babysteve. Exactly my point. Thank you for this and I'm glad you read through it and thought of erring your view. It's much appreciated.
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