peachsky

I knew I was a Feminist long before I ever knew what a Feminist was. I knew I had this fire burning in my stomach from a very young age. I knew it when my parents told me I would never amount to anything, When I just knew sexuality was something to be embraced and not something to be covered up and hidden away, when I knew I didn't have to take crap off men and be treated badly, when I knew that my father treated women badly- including me, When I never wanted to fall into the social norm, when I decided that children were not for me and that every woman should feel free to make that decision, and not feel pressure from family, friends or peers, when I was disgusted how marriage has it's roots in women being owned and passed from father to husband, when I knew every woman should have the right to good healthcare, when I felt sick to my stomach while watching tv, and movies- seeing sick stereotypes of women AND men, when I knew that nobody had the right to tell anyone who they should marry, gay, straight, who ever, when I knew all people deserve equal rights, when I knew it is hurtful to call other women sluts, whores, or judge them by appearance, when I was bothered by the fact that women can be made so insecure and develop issues with body image thanks to the media, when I knew that just because I have a Uterus does not mean I have to have children, and does not mean I want them, when I knew that rape is never okay, and it is wrong that in rape cases the court will look at what clothing the victim was wearing , women and men should be free to wear whatever they want and not have to feel any less safer, when I knew I was not the kind to keep my opinions to myself, when I found out for myself there were other women AND men out there just like me, thinking just like me. When I learned that they were called Feminists. That's when I knew I wasn't alone, and that I too was a Feminist.