There are so many articles in this blog, which touch upon the large
variety of topics, connected with feminism, suffering women and female
empowerment. The interesting thing is that all of them answer such questions as
“what”, “when”, “who” but almost none of them answer the most important
question “why”. Few weeks ago, I watched
a video from TED-talks, named “How great leaders inspire actions”, on which
Simon Sinek shares his knowledge about starting all great deals not from the
question “what” but “why”. Surely, all of authors/writers/translators/editors
know why they are involved in the issue of feminism; moreover, they may have
own specific motivations except common global one. But I know that simple
readers are not always acquainted with the primary goals which the creators of
the blog/project have. They can see the cover but not the kernel, and it can
stop them from bringing online-received ideas to life.
When people ask my opinion about various situations which include gender
issue, I always answer that I am a person who supports the idea of gender
equality. From this position, feminism is something that is not needed to be
examined. However, the history of human society’s development illustrates a lot
of cases when women are suppressed and considered to be the lower living creature
than a man. It happens not because religious books, prophets or gurus tell that
women should be treated in a bad way; it mostly happens because people are used
to misinterpret the teachings in order to subject somebody to their will.
Therefore, as for me, feminism appears as a way of resistance. It resists those
personalities who think that they have all rights to manipulate, offend women
or treat them as non-humans.
That is how I found an explanation for myself why I support the idea of
women empowerment and want others to realize how topical this issue is. It
should not be a process which leads to making women more significant than men
but a process which is going to create a stable basis for women’s existence. It
means that every female personality would feel confidence in her current and
future safety and also potentialities for own realization in the sphere she
wants. So, we should view this empowerment as something that lifts those women
that live in developing countries on the level of equality with males. While
believing into this idea as a required condition of welfare and happiness of
both women and men in developing and developed countries, we will undoubtedly
make gradual steps to the mutual respect and understanding.
By Polina Nezdiikovska, Ukraine
Really cool article. Nice and enjoyed it to read.
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