![]() ![]() The word “feminism” is a very controversial word to this day because many people, including women, believe the negative (and incorrect) stereotypes that make people not support the cause. Many women experience harassment and discrimination like this daily. This was an inappropriate action that the men in the salon did not experience. He asked her to dinner many times and while my mother politely declined every invitation, this didn’t stop her sixty-year-old boss from insisting. My mother started working at a hair salon at the age of twenty and was underpaid by her boss. As a child, I never thought about women not being treated equally to men, but as I grew older I saw the challenges my mother faced at the workplace because she was a woman. However, I was raised by a single, hard-working mother, and I see the discrimination against my mother through her eyes. ![]() As a man, I could find it easy to be treated better than women. Why do I care? While many men think women shouldn’t be treated as equals, I personally believe in equality for all because of my mother being my biggest inspiration. Many people, including men, believe women should have equal rights this belief is called feminism. Sound familiar? That’s because in the world we currently live in, women aren’t treated equally to men. Imagine a world where, between two people, there was better treatment for one of them because of their gender. Photo from Jan Brito ’23: Throwback to a day out with my hard-working mom. ![]()
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