{"id":10757,"date":"2015-07-20T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=10757"},"modified":"2015-07-29T10:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T17:21:30","slug":"open-space-a-message-to-the-anti-feminist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/07\/20\/open-space-a-message-to-the-anti-feminist\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Space<\/em>: A message to the anti-feminist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feminism, like any body of theology, has extremists and opposing opinions. Still, most feminists agree that our goal is simple: for everyone to be given the same opportunities to live without being discriminated against.<\/p>\n

But somehow this message has been skewed, as the recent trend of young women declaring themselves as anti-feminists online shows how feminism has a negative connotation to some people. How can a movement so unifying and important in achieving social change become something to be ashamed of identifying with?<\/p>\n

I can see how delving into understanding feminism may seem daunting. It takes a lot of self-reflection and acknowledgment of some complex ideas like privilege, capitalism, and the ever-looming patriarchy. I can\u2019t even look at a tomato now without thinking of the starving fingers that graced its skin in the hot Mexican sun. I get it: it\u2019s much easier to go about one\u2019s day oblivious to the atrocities around us, but they\u2019re there, and nothing will change by simply accepting it.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally in our July 15, 2015 issue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don\u2019t expect everyone to call themselves a feminist, but standing against us so firmly is disrespectful to the women who have struggled for years for us to have the rights that anti-feminists so ungratefully enjoy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been told that there is nothing left to fight for. Women can vote and work, have access to birth control, and are accepted and equal. Great, but is that all we\u2019re entitled to?<\/p>\n

Mainstream society (white, straight, middle-class) can live freely, and the fact that those rights aren\u2019t universal doesn\u2019t seem to matter.<\/p>\n

Indigenous women going missing is a huge problem, and their communities are devastatingly impoverished.<\/p>\n

Bigotry has led to more homeless gay youth than ever before.<\/p>\n

Women are still told that avoiding rape is our responsibility, while men cannot speak out about assault without their masculinity being questioned.<\/p>\n

There is still plenty to be fighting for.<\/p>\n

Most of society has basic rights; it\u2019s now time to see where else we can lend our support so those rights are for everyone.<\/p>\n

Please don\u2019t let a name and a few misinformed feminists give you the wrong impression. All most feminists want is for everyone<\/i> to be able to live the life they choose without feeling the need to conform to society\u2019s ideals of what\u2019s acceptable.<\/p>\n

Society will always have issues greater than our individual selves, but by educating each other and sticking together we can accomplish great things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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