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Is feminism still relevant?

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To a certain extent, yes it is.

There are still many problems in the world that attract the attention of feminist organizations, and I regularly agree with what they are saying. Look, there have been plenty of cases where they take extreme to an entirely new level, but their approach to a situation is completely personal to them, and I respect that. I do not necessarily support their relevance to society, but I can certainly respect it.

As for what exactly it is relevant to, there are several. There is firstly the issues with differences between male and female income in identical professions (which actually does exists, in case some of you didn't know). There are also smaller problems (meaning little to do with economy or politics), such as the continued problem of sexist remarks directed at women and their stereotyped image in the eyes of men (etc, etc). Look, there are almost an infinite amount of possibilities as to what "problems" feminists may act against, but they certainly are relevant to certain extents (taking into account that there are some fairly stupid acts, but also some very important ones). Again, I do not necessarily support the feminist approach to life, but I can certainly respect it.

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In the Western world, not really, but globally it's still very important.

The best example would be the Middle East. Israel is very equal when it comes to gender roles in the military (although I don't know about the rest of it, so I'll keep Israel out of it, even though I still love the Israelis).

But if you see countries like Iran (which stones a woman who was raped for crimes of adultery) and Saudi Arabia (who have had women arrested for being out in public without a male accomplice), you'll see massive gender inequality beyond what most of us could believe in this day and age. In America, modern day feminists usually bitch about portrayal of women on TV and in video games and people find that shit a legitimate argument. In Iran, it's common to see a woman get stoned to death for speaking without permission.

Now, in totalitarian regimes like Iran and Saudi Arabia, it's hard to create a feminist movement. They would all just be killed or jailed. So global feminism is something I would highly support (which I'm sure there's stuff like that, out there).

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