Where are my fellow Feminists at???

Self-Proclaimed Feminist!!!

The society we live in is gender bias, young women are socialized into thinking that to be a proper girl you must be domesticated. Girls who cannot cook are a disgrace and not marriage material because females are seen as home makers not professionals or potential leaders. Women in the work place are not taken seriously because men refuse to see them for more than their sexuality. When my grandmother and I were watching the news she was shocked to see that there was a female soccer team, Banyana Banyana because even though they win more than Bafana Bafana they do not get as much attention.

Many people think that feminists are a bunch of old ugly women who want to antagonize men because no one wants them. As a feminist I don’t think men should be sent to Pluto and the world would definitely NOT be better without them but the goal of feminism is to try and empower women, young and old so that they know their self-worth, potential and do not have to shrink themselves to please the male ego. Feminism is about fighting for the rights of women so they could be recognized not as subordinates that should submit to their husbands but as equals. Women who do not want kids or cannot cook have not failed at being women but are exercising their right to choose, which should be acceptable. Women do not have a place in some confined space where men can tell them what to do and they obey.

In many cases when a man is firm they are seen as a strong leader but when it’s a women she is labeled as a bitch. Women and men should have the same opportunities in the work place and in education. So to women who are driven and ambitious and their goal in life is to work hard and succeed that is okay and to the women who wish to stay at home and raise their children that is also okay. Feminism is about choice and equality. Women have been oppressed and seen as the “other” for many centuries it is their time to rise and challenge the notion that women are less than men. For all the men who are threatened by women empowerment there is no place for you in the 21 century some men will even argue that feminism is un-Africa and others won’t be able to comprehend how men can also be feminists. There is nothing un-African about being a feminist the only un-African thing is not saying anything while our sisters are suffering because of patriarchy. I was watching a documentary about Thomas Sankara a true African leader and former President of Burkina Faso. In a speech he was making he said no girl in his country would be chased out of school for being pregnant as if she impregnated herself, he believed that men and women should have the right to choose and be afforded the same opportunities. Thomas Sankara was a men and an African but also a feminist.  

Well people, this is what "Tata" had to say about the matter:

So gents, i think it's your turn to cook, clean and do the dishes. Someone, somewhere said something about a man who empowers his woman, but i forgot...

By: 

Yolanda Mtintsilana (AKA Olivia Pope)