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Feminism is for equal rights for all genders not just women.

"The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes." - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... This is the definition of feminism, which states it is about equality of the sexes. Counter Arguments. "A poll, reported in The Telegraph, showed that “men prefer women with long wavy hair” [9]. When women cut their hair short, it is insanity to think that people will not think that there is something wrong with her." This is exactly the thing we want to eliminate. Stereotypes can be harmful and can reduce self confidence. "The devastating effect that negative stereotyping can have on people’s sense of themselves and their abilities has been known for decades now. One world famous study was carried out in 1968 by Jane Elliott who had been greatly affected by the assassination of Martin Luther King. She wanted to teach her 8 and 9 year olds about the damaging effects of stereotypes. She told them that scientists had discovered that blue-eyed people were much more intelligent and hard-working than brown-eyed people who were lazier and tended to be stupid. She then divided the class into the two eye colours and gave more praise and attention to the blue-eyed children. Within hours she could see that this classification was affecting performance in class. The blue-eye children were working harder and achieving higher grades of work; for brown eyes the opposite was true. There were also effects out of the classroom. The blue eyed youngsters adopted superior ways and were taunting their brown-eyed peers. Jane Elliott then told the class that she had made a mistake – it was brown eyed people who were clever and hard-working. The effects on the children then reversed in line with the stereotypes she had given them." This experiment proves that stereotypes can be harmful. So when people stereotype girls to be stupid and boys to be smarter it can reduce their self confidence and they may start conforming to these stereotypes. "Your wants are pure abstraction that do not fit reality" Society has told us who to be and how to fit in , this is another thing we are trying to battle. The reason why people believe things like boys wearing makeup is wrong and girls having short hair is wrong is because the views that society has placed and opinions that have been passed down through generations. However equally we don't want people being shamed for wanting to be what society calls the perfect girl/boy. "In practice, feminism advocates for unequal rights, " Like i stated in my previous argument feminism is about equality and i think this image describes what feminism is all about. s://41.media.tumblr.com...; alt="" width="180" height="810" data-pin-url="http://loganl517.tumblr.com...; data-pin-description="🔊Loganl517🔊" /> I am going to end my argument with ways feminism has helped both men and women today: Feminism brought women out of the household — if they so chose. Feminism broke barriers for little girls with presidential aspirations. Feminism triggered the FBI to change the definition of rape to include men. Feminism enabled men to spend more time with their children. Feminism demanded that the media change its representation of men. Sources: http://mic.com... http://mic.com... http://www.oxforddictionaries.com...