Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women.^[1][2][3] Its concepts overlap with those of women’s rights. Feminism is mainly focused on women’s issues, but because feminism seeks gender equality, some feminists argue that men’s liberation is therefore a necessary part of feminism, and that men are also harmed by sexism and gender roles. Feminists are “person[s] whose beliefs and behavior[s] are based on feminism.”^[4]

Feminist theory exists in a variety of disciplines, emerging from these feminist movements^[5][6] and including general theories^[specify] and theories about the origins of inequality, and, in some cases, about the social construction of sex and gender. Feminist activists have campaigned for women’s rights—such as in contract, property, and voting — while also promoting women’s rights to bodily integrity and autonomy and reproductive rights. They have opposed domestic violence,sexual harassment, and sexual assault. In economics, they have advocated for workplace rights, including equal pay and opportunities for careers and to start businesses.^{[citation needed]}

Some of the earlier forms of feminism have been criticized for being geared towards white, middle-class, educated perspectives. This led to the creation of ethnically-specific or multiculturalist forms of feminism.^[7]

whoiswhatsername:

He wasn’t sleeping with the Sports Management intern. He wasn’t paying some hooker to suck his toes. He violated small children.

What he did was a crime against humanity. Don’t treat it like some US Weekly exclusive.

If you’re in Portland today, stop by In Other Words to discuss Feminism For Real, the groundbreaking anthology that deconstructs mainstream and academic feminism. The discussion starts at 4pm.

I was invited to speak at Occupy Phoenix today about women in the military specifically about the rape epidemic in the US Armed Forces and why the anti-Occupiers stance on “if those lazy hippies just enlist they can have their education paid for and stop whining about the cost of tuition” is not so easy.

We shouldn’t be fighting the 1% wars.

We should not subject ourselves to being raped, shot at, blown up, deployed, redeployed X12 times, just to get the chance to sit inside a classroom or have a regular pay check. 

Public education so called “States colleges” which were started to allow higher education for all is no longer affordable to most. With changes with the GI Bill it won’t be affordable to veterans as well despite the promise from recruiters that if you enlist that you’ll have college paid for. When jobs that 30 years ago required just a high school diploma now requires at least a bachelor degree it is an endless cycle of going in debt to pay for education without a promise of a job when you graduate. 

So if you are around hope to see you there.

http://occupyphx.org/news/press-release-11112011/

trianglewins:

Look at Herman Cain’s campaign response to multiple sexual harassment claims. Look  at the recent scandal at Penn State, which has been focused more on the career of a man than on the victims of horrible sexual abuse. Look  at  what  happens  to  every  person  who  brings  public  attention  to  the  fact that he or she has been sexually harassed or abused in this country. Now go look up the terms “victim blaming” and “rape culture” and tell me we don’t need feminism.