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The world needs more feminism

My opponent claims we in the west men and women alike all have equal opportunity however I am not from America rather Australia (still technically part of the west) and can say this is false. For example women currently only hold 5.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEO roles (1). Now one may think that this has nothing to do with sexism maybe women are just not studying or working hard enough this is also false; the male-female ratio in higher education has been steadily moved in favor of the females ever since the 1970s. Total enrollment figures show that females outnumbered their male counterparts for the first time in the late 1970s (in America) (2). Now if women are attaining higher education for the first time ever should they not be attaining more than a measly 5.2 percent of the Fortune 500 CEO roles(from studying education results one could assume it would be more around the 50 percent mark), clearly sexism still exists in the top jobs. Even at her own home the women is not considered equal in Australia, 13 Australian women have been killed as a result of domestic violence in the first seven weeks of 2015, that"s almost two women per week, as opposed to 0 men (3). And two women per week is consistent yearly. I have to ask the audience where is the equal opportunity for women to feel safe at their own homes, where is the equal opportunity for a women to walk home alone without the shadow of fear lurking around every corner. Now before I move on I feel obligated to point out a contradiction in my opponents argument with; "Because you cannot, no matter how hard you try, force someone to change his or her mind" followed in the next paragraph by "feminism still has a chokehold on how we think", I must ask my opponent which is it? No matter which one my opponent chooses one of his arguments must be nullified by default. To my opponents relationship argument. What a suprise relationships are changing. First I shall note how time changes and so do the way people socially interact as arranged marriage were common practice until the 18th century (4), we have moved away from this for the better just as we have moved away from the 50's. My opponent has gone with picking the 50's as an example to show as some sort of golden era for social interaction among the sexes which I shall now refute. I unlike my opponent see no problem with sexuall expression or safe sex with as many people as one wants, it's not hurting anyone. Back to the 50's my opponent claims women today are objectified my opponent could not be more wrong, women of the 50's were the objects they had no career, no mortgage, no bank account, and her role was to serve her man(4). This is true objectification it is the possession of someone the ownership of another human being it is grotesque and hideous. I find it obvious why divorce rates have gone up because equality has gone up, the women no longer feels trapped. In Asia, Africa, and Latin America, divorce is both an indicator of and force behind social changes that have improved prospects for women, reduced gender inequality, and fueled development. All of which suggests that the more people are able to get out of bad marriages, the better off their societies are likely to be. To reinforce my original opening argument with the cure to poverty being the empowerment of women, many of the same countries with rising divorce rates have also experienced significant economic development in recent years (5). The more common divorce becomes in a given society, the less damaging it"s likely to be for those individuals who pursue it. If mothers escape an abusive relationship, it"s good for their children, too (5). As we can see feminism is a necessity for for the world including the west. It does not just affect women for the better but society and the world as a whole. Thank you source: 1. https://www.google.com.au... 2. http://www.forbes.com... 3. http://www.womensagenda.com.au... 4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk... 5. http://www.bloomberg.com...