Introspective stardust

As long as women's natural body hair is called disgusting and inappropriate while men's is not, I
am a feminist.

As long as I cannot watch an episode of a popular sitcom without having to sit through multiple
sexist comments or ‘jokes’, I am a feminist.

As long as women have to face the rational fear of being sexually assaulted every time they walk
home past dark while men do not, I am a feminist.

As long as women are being raped, then stoned to death or forced to marry their rapist, I am a
feminist.

As long as companies promote men to manager when there are women who are equally as or better
qualified, because they find that men look more authoritative, I am a feminist.

As long as women (her choice of clothes, her friendly nature, her weakness, her choice to drink
alcohol) get blamed when men rape them, I am a feminist.

As long women's opinions on online social networks are dismissed with phrases like ‘tits’ or ‘gtfo’,
‘get back to the kitchen’, ‘are you pms'ing?’ I am a feminist.

As long as dressing like a woman is degrading for men and as long as men are insulted with
phrases like ‘you throw like a woman’, clearly implying that being like a woman is shameful, I am a
feminist.

As long as both men and women are expected to work, but taking care of children and the
household are still largely considered a woman's job, I am a feminist.

As long as boys and girls are treated differently, expected to act differently, and surrounded by
different toys and colours from the day they are born, I am a feminist.

As long as topless women are not allowed in public unless they're the cover of a men's magazine, I
am a feminist.

As long as women who have sex frequently are generally told they are ‘sluts’, ‘lacking self-respect’
and ‘lacking morals’ by both men and women, while men who frequently have sex are ‘just being
men’ and it is ‘natural for them’, I am a feminist.

As long as there are places where women have to pay more for health insurance than men, I am a
feminist.

As long as men experience situations with equal gender representation as female-dominated, and
do not consider a group discussion equal unless there are significantly more men then women
participants (as has been proven), I am a feminist.

As long as there are men who think it is their wife or girlfriend's duty to have sex with him
whenever he wants, I am a feminist.

As long as the word feminism (the movement aimed at equal rights for women) has a negative
connotation, I am a feminist.

As long as misogynist people exist, I am a feminist.