I’ve never called myself a feminist but that isn’t to say
that I would distance myself from the term if ever challenged. Truth be told, from my somewhat ignorant
position, I find the term somewhat confusing these days. As women’s rights have changed and women’s
roles in society have diversified I find it wrong to try and band all issues
relating to women under one heading, especially a heading which is associated
with bra-burning, civil disobedience of previous generations.
I’m not saying the women weren’t right in the action they
took. I’ve just always been a bit too
much of a goody two shoes to go in for rule breaking.
However, there are a lot of issues affecting women that I
feel need to be talked about far more.
Yes there are grievances over pay and employment opportunity amongst my
contemporaries but I’m referring more to the issues facing hundreds of
thousands on women across the world: those who can’t vote, who are forced into
marriage, who are subjected to female genital mutilation, who are forced out of
schools and beaten because they dare to wish how to read and write. Admittedly, not the fluffy sort of stuff that
you normally get in this blog, but this is my platform to speak and today I saw
a video which I thought was just brilliant.
That part of me that wants to see a better world for all gave a little
woop of support to the genuis people who came up with this campaign. Want to know what I’m talking about? Check out this video on You Tube.
As one of my favourtie characters in my favourite TV shows
says: “I didn’t burn my bras J, In fact I like my bras. I ring your bell when it’s important”.
Consider me ringing a bell…
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