Feminism vs. Sexism

With Deepika Padukone's women empowerment video gone haywire, it is important for us to understand the difference between feminism and sexism. Sexism means prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination against a person on the basis of sex while feminism means giving equal right and opportunities to women. Sexism emphasis on difference while feminism emphasis on equality.

In India, a country with rich culture and heritage and 33 crore gods and goddess, female has always been down trodden gender. With time the things just went from bad to worse and the scenario which we are facing today makes us all sound like hypocrites. "I don't mind my girlfriend wearing shorts, but if my sister wears it, i will not let her get out of the house." 

Women are already at par with men in today's time, but its the mindset that differs. A male ego cannot live happily with a woman earning more than him. No matter how successfully a woman runs the business, she still is best at making rotis. And by no means i want to generalize all male, but the major chunk comprises of people with such thinking and bad spreads faster than good. Due to such widespread mentality, even free thinking and open minded people don't raise their voices.

There have been many campaigns, drives, talks and debates about empowering women, but here clearly, action will speak louder than words. If men really consider women at par, then they will actually become empowered. Its amazing, how confidently you stand, when someone shows faith in you. Men are wrong, some but not all, but degrading them wouldn't empower women. If you are out there undertaking activities as a feminist activist, you need to realize, that empowering is more effective than degrading. You can't achieve empowerment by pushing a gender down and establishing equality, but instead by uplifting the under powered and establishing equality in every aspect. 



Those women who say all men are same and consider them to be abusive, lusty and enforcers, are not feminist by any means. They are sexists. Feminism cannot be achieved by sexism. 

"It's not about which gender is better than the other. The feminist movement is in place to provide equal opportunities for people. It's about taking gender out of the equation, and putting a greater value on what each individual has to bring to the world. Whether it is a young girl denied the right to school or a male tired of hearing the stereotypical phrase "man up," injustice is being done and it is essential to stand up against it. Instead of opposing each other, more change would occur if we'd use our energies to change something about the injustice both sides feel. Let's stop quibbling about what gender is "better" than the other, and let's join hands to provide education, dignity and a better standard of living for all."
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And it is not necessary that only women are feminist, Men too can be feminist. There are many men working to clear the dirt on their gender, which has been thrown by sexist females. The inequality has been created by us and it should be removed by us. Though this inequality is widespread, if men and women, drop sexism and adopt feminism, then this world will be a merrier place to live.