you
contradiction which means to be mutually
opposed or inconsistent I find it a
fascinating word feminism the belief
that men and women should be treated as
equals another fascinating word both of
these words may seem so different but to
me they go hand in hand and today’s
world feminism is an extremely
controversial topic feminists are seen
as mad women who believe that female is
the only true gender and spit on any man
who tried to open a door for them but I
don’t blame people who don’t know the
meaning behind this movement but have
this negative idea based on the few
encounters they’ve had with these crazy
people I look down upon people who don’t
believe in progress
I look down upon those who have the
audacity to tell people that they do not
deserve to be treated as equals the
first word that I ass heard since
stepping onto this platform was
contradiction I would like to say
something very contradictory I am a
feminist but I don’t want feminism now
free also to wonder if I really know
what I’m talking about allow me to
explain feminism is the belief that men
and women should be treated as equals
if you do not believe that men and women
should be treated as equals
you are sexist so you’re either human or
you’re sexist it doesn’t matter
to what degree if you see a boy crying
and you tell him to man up you are
sexist because boys should be allowed to
express their emotions just as much as
girls if you see a girl lifting weights
of the gym and you tell her that she’s
pretty good for a girl you are sexist
because if boys can lift weights and if
girls can lift weights too why must you
differentiate so feminism in itself is a
paradox there are an infinite possible
paradoxes in feminism as there are with
anything worth believing in
I’d like to speak about one of them
let’s take on the makeup industry now
when you look at makeup from one side
it’s literally products people are
putting on their faces to make
themselves look better this promotes the
idea that people cannot look good
without makeup but this is where
feminism comes in and says if men don’t
need makeup to look presentable
why must women wear makeup but then
feminism also says women should be
allowed to wear makeup as it could be
used as a tool to empower people this is
my second paradox makeup puts people
down but it also brings people up
now for my final paradox feminism once
again is about empowerment if a woman
chooses to stay at home instead of work
you might hear people say you are all
about feminism but here you are wasting
your time at home instead of working
alongside men all of this may seem so
contradicting and if you are unfamiliar
with feminism at the start of my speech
you’re probably very confused right now
you see not every paradox is an endless
loop of things that will never be
perfectly right the solution to every
single one of these paradoxes is so
simple choice that is all you need to
give people and that is what will solve
every single one of these paradoxes
before I was born my mother used to work
and she was very successful after my
brother was born she decided to stay at
home this wasn’t controversial because
as a woman she was given the choice to
choose whether she wanted to stay at
home or go to work this is your first
paradox solved I don’t wear makeup very
often but when I do I look at myself and
I feel empowered it doesn’t matter how
much or how little I have in my face if
I feel good about myself why should the
next person yeah and this is your second
part of solved
you see you don’t have to be labeled a
feminist not at all but if you do not
believe that people deserve to be
treated as equals you will be labeled a
sexist I sincerely like to believe that
everyone in this world is born good and
if we see people doing wrong or having a
wrong belief it’s not always their fault
sometimes it’s their upbringing or the
fact that they just don’t know better
there are times where I have caught
myself thinking extremely sexist things
like looking at a person and wondering
why they have so much makeup on their
face but then seconds later I remember
that they have the choice to choose
their appearance and it is most
definitely not my right to ever judge
but it gets me thinking I am all about
being liberal and allowing people to
live their most honest lives but I had
these thoughts in my mind that
contradict everything that I stand for
does that make me a bad person
are we all deep down just bad people I
found the answer to my question on the
same day in the form of a beautifully
wisdom full tumblr post the post read
the first thought that goes through your
mind is what you have been conditioned
to think what you think next defines who
you are we are not bad people for having
these thoughts we are only bad people if
we give in to them and act upon them but
this does not mean that people should be
allowed to get away with misogyny and
Sandri I strongly believe that everybody
must be held accountable to their
actions if they are aware that they are
making them there are an infinite
possible paradoxes that we must face
constantly and this means that there are
an infinite possible choices that we
must make as well these choices are the
things that define us the marks we leave
and the people we touch there is a good
and a bad to every paradox and how we
choose to treat our mothers and our
sisters and even our brothers matters
more than ever right now we are free to
choose but we are not free from the
consequences of our choice thank you
contradiction which means to be mutually
opposed or inconsistent I find it a
fascinating word feminism the belief
that men and women should be treated as
equals another fascinating word both of
these words may seem so different but to
me they go hand in hand and today’s
world feminism is an extremely
controversial topic feminists are seen
as mad women who believe that female is
the only true gender and spit on any man
who tried to open a door for them but I
don’t blame people who don’t know the
meaning behind this movement but have
this negative idea based on the few
encounters they’ve had with these crazy
people I look down upon people who don’t
believe in progress
I look down upon those who have the
audacity to tell people that they do not
deserve to be treated as equals the
first word that I ass heard since
stepping onto this platform was
contradiction I would like to say
something very contradictory I am a
feminist but I don’t want feminism now
free also to wonder if I really know
what I’m talking about allow me to
explain feminism is the belief that men
and women should be treated as equals
if you do not believe that men and women
should be treated as equals
you are sexist so you’re either human or
you’re sexist it doesn’t matter
to what degree if you see a boy crying
and you tell him to man up you are
sexist because boys should be allowed to
express their emotions just as much as
girls if you see a girl lifting weights
of the gym and you tell her that she’s
pretty good for a girl you are sexist
because if boys can lift weights and if
girls can lift weights too why must you
differentiate so feminism in itself is a
paradox there are an infinite possible
paradoxes in feminism as there are with
anything worth believing in
I’d like to speak about one of them
let’s take on the makeup industry now
when you look at makeup from one side
it’s literally products people are
putting on their faces to make
themselves look better this promotes the
idea that people cannot look good
without makeup but this is where
feminism comes in and says if men don’t
need makeup to look presentable
why must women wear makeup but then
feminism also says women should be
allowed to wear makeup as it could be
used as a tool to empower people this is
my second paradox makeup puts people
down but it also brings people up
now for my final paradox feminism once
again is about empowerment if a woman
chooses to stay at home instead of work
you might hear people say you are all
about feminism but here you are wasting
your time at home instead of working
alongside men all of this may seem so
contradicting and if you are unfamiliar
with feminism at the start of my speech
you’re probably very confused right now
you see not every paradox is an endless
loop of things that will never be
perfectly right the solution to every
single one of these paradoxes is so
simple choice that is all you need to
give people and that is what will solve
every single one of these paradoxes
before I was born my mother used to work
and she was very successful after my
brother was born she decided to stay at
home this wasn’t controversial because
as a woman she was given the choice to
choose whether she wanted to stay at
home or go to work this is your first
paradox solved I don’t wear makeup very
often but when I do I look at myself and
I feel empowered it doesn’t matter how
much or how little I have in my face if
I feel good about myself why should the
next person yeah and this is your second
part of solved
you see you don’t have to be labeled a
feminist not at all but if you do not
believe that people deserve to be
treated as equals you will be labeled a
sexist I sincerely like to believe that
everyone in this world is born good and
if we see people doing wrong or having a
wrong belief it’s not always their fault
sometimes it’s their upbringing or the
fact that they just don’t know better
there are times where I have caught
myself thinking extremely sexist things
like looking at a person and wondering
why they have so much makeup on their
face but then seconds later I remember
that they have the choice to choose
their appearance and it is most
definitely not my right to ever judge
but it gets me thinking I am all about
being liberal and allowing people to
live their most honest lives but I had
these thoughts in my mind that
contradict everything that I stand for
does that make me a bad person
are we all deep down just bad people I
found the answer to my question on the
same day in the form of a beautifully
wisdom full tumblr post the post read
the first thought that goes through your
mind is what you have been conditioned
to think what you think next defines who
you are we are not bad people for having
these thoughts we are only bad people if
we give in to them and act upon them but
this does not mean that people should be
allowed to get away with misogyny and
Sandri I strongly believe that everybody
must be held accountable to their
actions if they are aware that they are
making them there are an infinite
possible paradoxes that we must face
constantly and this means that there are
an infinite possible choices that we
must make as well these choices are the
things that define us the marks we leave
and the people we touch there is a good
and a bad to every paradox and how we
choose to treat our mothers and our
sisters and even our brothers matters
more than ever right now we are free to
choose but we are not free from the
consequences of our choice thank you
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