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Feminist Means to Me Five different students and teachers reflect on their own definition of the word.
BY AVA STOLTZ PRINT CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
English teacher Casey Engel
“What feminism means to me. I think everyday that I think about that, it grows more complex because we are really living in a complicated time. There’s so much that, especially “I think we do a women, are dealing with today and great disservice to that they have to come to terms with the better and the worse that I the basic definitions for think feminism means how does each of feminism. It’s individual woman define herself. What does she stand for and what really complex does she stand against and oppose? because we are I think that this fourth wave that we are supposedly in is a little bit less complex people.” definite than the other waves because of so much complexity. I still stand firm in there should be equal pay, equal rights and equal opportunity regardless of any sex or gender.”
Senior Inaya Khan
“I think feminism is supposed to be for women. I don’t think it’s just one single thing; I think women take what they want from it, or just interpret it how they want in a way that’s self benefiting. It’s for them find unique ways in which they “I think feminism is to see something in their life that just about wanting they might have a problem with, and then they take from feminism equal rights, and to help them grow stronger or I think that’s just find encouragement through that. It’s about not only equality something a lot of but also equity, so having equal people fear.” opportunities and equal chances at reaching for different goals in life that men might have an easier chance at. There is a stereotype for women, how we can seem aggressive, but all we are asking for is equal rights and equal opportunity, and people see that as threatening.”
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