We should all be feminists

"Some people ask: 'Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?' Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general - but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women. That the problem was not about being human, but specifically about being a female human. For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the solution to the problem acknowledge that."

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Dear Ijeawele

I just finished reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book "Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions". This small book should be used as a parenting checklist in today's times. The author weaves beautiful words and includes very relevant examples while giving us fifteen suggestions about how to raise a feminist daughter or I would rather say, a feminist child, for I believe that some suggestions given by her are equally relevant for raising up boys.

I have already been following a few while bringing up my little one and some are not applicable to me (like normalizing the fact that your spouse participates in your chores). Yet there are still a few suggestions that I need to remember and imbibe in my behavior. I think that should be my task for this year.

Next on the list... "We should all be feminists" by Adichie.