Changing the World.

Some topics are hard to discuss, but are necessary for understanding so many aspects of life. I don't enjoy controversy, so here are my simple thoughts about feminism.

Feminism is one of the things that really grinds my gears. Now, before you give me the eye roll and click on to your next favorite blog to read, let me just explain.

This post (trust me, you should read it) gets it all wrong.

The first issue in this article shows up right in the beginning. Let me say, I will not deny the fact that in other countries, there are serious issues of female inequality. And those should be dealt with. But American women are not suffering the same oppression. Today's (American) women are able to get an education, have a career, and any opportunities that they want. We are not forced into marriages, we are not beaten to death, we are free to make choices.

Feminists claim to solve the issues of inequality in other countries. That is absurd. People who change the world are not those who seek attention. People who change the world do not seek to put others down.

People who change the world love others.

I'll be clear, I have no problem with people taking a stand for women placed in harmful situations, but that is not what that today's so-called feminists are aiming for.

Feminists get it wrong because they want women to have it all. Men are pushed aside, and women are put on a pedestal. Feminism says that women can do it all. But we can't. The truth of the matter is that men and women need each other. Without the other, families, societies-- even humanity itself-- would not be able to continue. The truth is that we are co-dependent upon each other.

Like many others, I believe in equality. I believe in respect. I believe in love for others. And that is how we will change the world.