The Fight For Women's Rights Begins With Awareness part 4

How Misconceptions and Unawareness Effects the Fight for Women's Rights

Unfortunately, these opinions are not uncommon among today's society and it has a tremendous affect on the effort to gain women's rights. Women are afraid of being called a lesbian, a man hater, or a woman who hates motherhood as seen by the responses by the women above. This fear holds women back from expressing their concerns for women's right and prevents them from taking action. When the college student was asked whether or not her opinion of feminism had been changed she said, "I feel naive and, I guess, a little immature about my original opinion. After learning what it stands for, I think it's sad that most people have it all wrong. I don't know one girl that believes she isn't equal to a guy, but I think they'd be surprised that what they believe in actually does make them a feminist." If people were informed about the true beliefs of feminism more and more people would join the cause, thus leading to a better chance of improvement in women's lives.

Awareness about feminism is not the only change in society that should be made in order

for women's rights to prosper. Most women today still face a great deal of prejudice but fail to

see it. In the work force, most women are not taken seriously and fail to become promoted to

high level positions even though they are completely capable. Even the study of health care is

still focused primarily on men, regardless to the fact that women's reaction to medicines differ

because of the their genetic make up. The most common form of intolerance against women is

gender violence. While there are laws against this type of crime, many people are unaware of

the situation, unless they experience themselves.