When feminism began, with the suffragette's movement, it looked very different from the modern day "third wave" feministic movement. It was about women gaining the right to vote, the right to have safe workplaces, and be treated fairly. 

   

   Let's take a look at some of the pillars & mottos of modern feminism.

 1. My body - My Choice.

  The pro-choice movement and the modern feminist movement are inseparably intertwined. Things weren't always this way. In fact, the suffragette movement was pro-life! 

   Tying in with this is the SlutWalk. The "SlutWalk is a transnational movement calling for an end to rape culture, including victim blaming and slut shaming of sexual assault victims." This sounds pretty good, of course victims of sexual assault should not be blamed for what the perpetuator did.

  

      Seriously? Wearing clothes is hypocrisy? This is not logic, and this is not women's rights. Modern feminism just makes people not take women seriously, and does not change things in a positive way!

   One of the big issues that feminism calls out is the Wage Gap. Women make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. But this has been proven false long ago! This does not take into account the jobs that men vs women have and the education they have. 

   Think about it, if the wage gap were real, why wouldn't business hire only/more women? It would reduce costs, and then women as a whole would be making more than men.
  
    Even a feminist magazine posted a study that showed that women make at the most 6.6% less than men. Here's a study that shows that young women make more than men of the same age group! This just makes sense, as this is the age they are most likely single or not a mother, and as they grow older more stop working or cut their hours to look after children. Here's a pictograph explaining it in detail.

     Some of the loudest voices against the wage gap are actresses. Some simple research will show that there are plenty of logical reasons why some actresses are paid less than their male counterparts. However, even if there weren't I find this so hypocritical. I can't bring myself to feel sorry for rich Hollywood elite, who are making millions of dollars for the movies they make. There are slaves all around the world working for nothing, and feminists care more about the millionaires!

  If equality meant that they had to give up some of their money so that the slaves would earn a living wage, they all talk of equality would be gone!

     Now to 'Pink Tax'. I'm not going to go into detail about this, if you want to learn more here's a great video on why it's not a real thing. In short, some women's products do cost more than men's. However, they contain different ingredients. And if this were a real thing, why wouldn't women just buy men's "identical" items, because that would very quickly end the 'Pink Tax'. 

     However, most women are much more fussy and willing to pay more money than men on their hair care products and clothing. For example, while we buy shampoo that is supposed to volumize, or moisturize our hair, men couldn't care less what theirs looks or smells like as long as it washes their hair. Women buy conditioner, which most men don't use. 
   

  When it comes to men, feminists have a whole lot to say. They mock men who say that "not all men {fill in the blank}". The complain about mansplaining, man spreading {but seriously have you ever seen how some women's purses take up the whole seat next to them?}, and make blanket claims about men being sexual predators. 
    Most quotes and articles referring to narcissists and gaslighters use the pronoun "he", and the victim is usually a "she". Women can be narcissists and abusers just as much as men, and they are not inherently victims! 

     However, when it comes to actual problems that men face, most feminists ignore or devalue them. Over 75% of homeless people are men, yet there are fewer shelters for them than women & children. {here's some stats} 

     The suicide rate of men is 6 times higher than of women. Men are more likely to drop out of school than women, and yet women's education is a much more talked about subject than men's. Men's health research has less funding that women's health research does, despite men dying younger on average, and being diagnosed with cancer more than women. {source}

   Men receive longer sentences than women for the same crimes. In fact, in court, there is much more discrimination against men than against women. Men are far more likely to have their children taken away from them, and women in most cases receive no consequences for false allegations against men. 
   There are many more men's issues that are ignored, however there is not a widespread male equivalent of feminism. 
  Another big pillar of the feminist movement is that equality doesn't just mean equal rights, but that men and women are the same. Women can do everything men can do. 

    I completely agree that women are just as smart as men, and that women are not confined to working indoors or at office jobs. I've worked on a farm growing plants for the past three summers, hammering posts in with a sledgehammer, and working in the rain and mud. However men are naturally better than women at some things, just as women are naturally better than men at some things. 
   
   Women have 40% less upper body strength than men, and 33% less lower body strength than men. A study on highly trained athletic women, showed that they have worse grip than 75% of men. The faster female runner in the world wouldn't even have qualified for the men's olympic competition. 

    However, women on average are better multi-taskers than men, and better in social situations than men. Women are more nurturing in some cases, and more likely to be teachers and nurses. Women are better at remembering where things have been placed. 
   But the idea that women are the same as men has led to problems! Right now in the US, the issue of women being drafted is being discussed. After all if women are the same as men, should they not be require to participate in the draft? Studies show however, than women do have physical difference, and are not as well equipped to combat. 

    Women are asking to be part of boy scouts now {and are becoming boy scouts}, and are allowing transgenders to run in women's races - and subsequently win them. 

    Equality is accepting that there are differences between the genders, and not being ashamed of them. We need to accept that women are just not as good as men at some things, and that femininity does not equal weakness. 

 8. Feminist Icons

    People such as Lena Dunham, who quoted this about her behaviour towards her sisters as a child - "Basically, anything a sexual predator might do to woo a small suburban girl, I was trying...” People like Beyonce - who uses her sex appeal to sell her music. People like Hillary Clinton - who covered up her husband's sexual harassment while pretending to care about women. People like Ceile Richards - who spouts misinformation about Planned Parenthood, and covers up the crimes it is committing, and the atrocity that is abortion. These are the women who are the face of feminism.

    Women who wear white in a shameful parody of the suffragette movement to the state of the union address, where they refuse to clap when hearing that traffickers of women and children are being arrested. Yet they clap and rejoice when babies are allowed to be killed up to birth. Women who shake their heads and roll their eyes when drug cartels and dangerous gangs are called out and being fought against.

     These women make me ashamed to be a woman sometimes. They are not strong, they are weak. They are not compassionate, they are selfish. And they are not changing anything.

   I'm not denying that there are sexists in North America. Of course there are, but society as a whole is not sexist, and laws are not sexist. We do not need to fight for equal rights anymore.

     The fact is the women are already equal to men in this part of the world. Instead of fighting against inequalities that don't exist, why don't we fight against slavery - which is real? Why don't we fight for the rights of men and women in other countries where they are persecuted and oppressed?

  What would a suffragette look like today? She would be on the front of the pro-life movement, fighting for the lives of the unborn. She would be fighting to end modern slavery and human trafficking. She would be standing up against the issues the plague men and women, the drug epidemics that are killing thousands of lives. 

   She would not be whining about non-existent issues, or priding herself in the killing of unborn babies.

   Will you be a real woman or man of courage?

   Happy Women's Day!

   Sincerely, Rachel