Print Edition: March 28, 2012
Having difficulties forging through the terms and history of feminism? No worries! Sasha and leanna tackle the ins-and-outs of what, exactly, feminism is, was and ought to be.
Leanna: As Emmaline Pankhurst, twentieth century womens’ rights activist, said in one of her many famous speeches, “Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it … They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to fight for their liberties and their rights, but that it is not right and proper for women to fight for theirs.”
This quote sums up the original intent of feminism: the movement from a patriarchal, male-dominated society to one that offers equal rights between genders, beginning with allowing women the right to vote.