International Women's Day
"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." - Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler. Today I went to school and many of the teachers were telling the women in class, "Gratulerer med dagen!!!" (Congratulations with the day!). I was confused and wondered who was having a birthday. Then our teacher was telling us about how today is International Women's Day. I should have known that! In class, we were explained how today is a day where people take a look at statistics and compare equality between men and women, what can be done to fix problems of inequality and why these problems still exist. I mean, come on people, it's 2013 and equality is still an issue worldwide!!! Women still earn less, there are still double standards - okay, they exist for men too, but arguably maybe not to the same extent (men feel the pressure to appear strong when they're vulnerable whereas, well, women can be chastised with vulgar names for the same actions a man w...