With all of the blurred and biased talk around feminism, I thought that it would be important to get people's opinions about why they're feminists. I happen to know quite a few of them, and I admit I was raised in a very feminism-oriented household.

My mom was the main income, and my dad retired around the time I started elementary school. A working mom has been everything that I have ever known and modeled myself after, and my father supports my mom and me in every decision and idea that we have.

While I know that not everyone was raised the way that I was, I thought that it would be important to highlight different people's opinions that did not just come from a house that has a picture of Barack Obama and his family on the fridge, and an upbringing quite as liberal and feminist as I was.

So, all of that being said, I decided to go around and ask 10 people why they consider themselves to be a feminist.

Here were their answers:

1. "I want to be responsible for my life and money."

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Major: Early Childhood Education

2. "I'm sick and tired of men being in practically all positions of importance. Women deserve equal pay for equal work to their male counterparts."

Age: 78

Gender: Female

Work: Retired Elementary School Education

3. "I don't think women should be oppressed and that we can do and wear and say whatever the fuck we want."

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Major: Art

4. "I believe in men and women having equal opportunities and rights."

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Major: Criminal Justice

Minor: Psychology

5. "Because all humans should have access to the same opportunities regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, or race and ethnic identity. As a woman, I reject the rape culture and sexual pressures around me and victim blaming that occurs. I want my future children to grow up and not have to face assault, abuse, or gender discrimination."

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Major: Social Work

6. "Because I believe everyone deserves equality, and because I'm fucking sick of the patriarchy."

Age: 56

Gender: Female

Work: Retired Superintendent

7. "Men and women deserve equal rights because they deserve to have a say in what they do with their body. The brain is not gendered. They are of equal intelligence, so why is one treated in a different way?"

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Major: Criminal Justice

Minor: History

8. "Because as a woman, I can be paid less than a man."

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Major: English

9. "It means that men and women are equal and that's because, as a woman, I won't have to give up things because of my gender such as the amount I get paid, the way I dress, or how I treat my body. It means that if I choose to have a baby I don't have to give up my secondary education and everything I've worked for just to be able to care for my baby while my husband gets to do all the things he wants."

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Major: Sociology

10. "Because I have the greatest respect for the wonderful women in my life."

Age: 71

Gender: Male

Major: Retired Vocational Education Teacher
(It's my dad)

While the last one might be biased considering it's my dad and my mom and me are his two favorite people, I felt like getting opinions from people that are both younger and older was important for my article. It just comes to show that feminism is for everybody, regardless of gender and age.

It's important for people to realize that feminism is a part of everyone's lives, and not just specified down to a certain sample of people.