My ideology

Feminism

In one of my last posts I said that I'm a bit feminist. I decided to be feminist when I was 13 years old and I realized about the gender inequality, and I'm not speaking about underdeveloped countries, I'm speaking about EEUU, the UK and obviously Spain.
Today, feminism is an unpopular word, through the point of view of the people, the feminists are seen as too strong, too aggressive and anti-men. Well, the more I spoke about feminism, the more I realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating, and that's ridiculous! Because, what people don't know is that feminism by definition is literally the belief that men and woman should have the same rights and opportunities. That means political, economic and social equality for the sexes.
I have girl friends that left their favourite sports: basketball, football... and all because they didn't want to seem muscly. I have boy friends who are 17 or 18 years old that are unable to express their feelings. Do you thing that's normal?
Once I told these thoughts to the head teacher at my school and I was pleased to see that she agreed with me, although she doesn't consider herself a feminist. She said that actually, our society  somehow "compels" us to do it.
Did you know that woman in Spain are paid on average 25% less than men? I think is right I'm paid the same as the men, I think it's right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body.
There are some campaigns which fight for gender equality, like HeForShe, but it's not enough, it's important to know that without the help of men we won't obtain equality.