{"id":20896,"date":"2021-04-15T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20896"},"modified":"2021-04-15T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T20:44:59","slug":"lets-talk-2-0-feminism-is-for-all-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/04\/15\/lets-talk-2-0-feminism-is-for-all-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk 2.0<\/em>: Feminism is for all of us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of you might remember Barack Obama\u2019s speech where he walked on the stage and said \u201cFor those of you who don\u2019t know me, I\u2019m Michelle\u2019s husband, Barack.\u201d How seriously great was that? I applauded loudly; still do. Feminism isn\u2019t something only females should practice; all of us can be a feminist. And there are some really good reasons for this.<\/p>\n

A feminist is someone who understands the need for freedom and equality. Obama\u2019s voice helps get the message of feminism out there. I like that young adults can learn from his behaviour and eventually pick up on this view of equality, of how we can identify in different ways.<\/p>\n

We have to work together for equality. And this is for the benefit of us all.<\/p>\n

When I think of my dad, I can say that he totally is a feminist as well, and that his liberal view on things gave me the opportunity to be strong and wild and not being ashamed of it. If you have something to say, speak up\u2014this was what I had learned and I\u2019m very grateful that I have such a father.<\/p>\n

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Let’s Talk 2.0<\/em> is a column exploring feminist issues (graphic by Celina Lessard\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My dad never said things like, \u201cYou\u2019re a girl\u2014you can\u2019t do that\u201d or said that the only purpose for women is to marry and be a housewife. My dad encouraged me to try things, gave me confidence, and picked me up when I fell, probably encouraging me to try again rather than giving up. It\u2019s an attitude we learn when the male figures in our life are feminists.<\/p>\n

But not all girls are that lucky. A lot of us have to grow up in households with older ways of thinking, passing that along to the next generation, creating a circle that does not end until we all help each other evolve.<\/p>\n

If we address the issues and talk about what we can make better in our society, people of all genders should be included. Because the future is not out of our control\u2014it\u2019s in our hands to make a change.<\/p>\n

When your male role models are feminists, you expect that in other males as well, which leads to a different self-perception for young girls. Let\u2019s address stigmas and work on them. Men can do the dishes; women can pay for dinner.<\/p>\n

I once bought my friend a beer in a bar and the bartender looked at my friend and said, \u201cYou gonna let her buy the beer, dude?!\u201d I was a bit confused and told him that even though I\u2019m female, I can still buy the beer if I want. And next time he\u2019s going to buy it; no problem at all. It\u2019s funny how deeply role models are anchored within our cultures. Being female is not a culture, though.<\/p>\n

Once we start changing things, they will change themselves over time. We need to start creating a future where we all can be feminists with pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of you might remember Barack Obama\u2019s speech where he walked on the stage and said \u201cFor those of you who don\u2019t know me, I\u2019m Michelle\u2019s husband, Barack.\u201d How seriously great was that? I applauded loudly; still do. Feminism isn\u2019t something only females should practice; all of us can be a feminist. And there are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20897,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20896\/revisions\/20897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}