I believe the next step for feminism is to include men too. And I believe this can only be achieved by including a focus on the ways that men are also oppressed by societal standards.
Don't get me wrong: I am a feminist, and I still think feminism needs to support and work for women. I wasn't around for most of the history of feminism, having been born around the dawn of the '80s, but I wish I had been just so that I could have participated in it. What I am suggesting is not that we abandon feminism, but that we modify it slightly in order to show others that feminism and feminist concerns actually impact everyone, and therefore can be advantageous to us all.
Obviously, there is still a long way to go in gaining equality for women. There is so much subtle sexism that still needs to be dealt with in our own lives, and overt sexism such as how women candidates are judged. But how do we change these things? How do we take that next step? What can we do next (and what can we do even while fighting against the regressive policies that are popping up everywhere)? What is my generation's Seneca Falls going to be?
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