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Why I Am Done With Feminism in America

I can say that, because I'm a feminist.

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Why I Am Done With Feminism in America
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I can go to any college I desire. I can run for president. I can own property. I can talk to men in public. I can drive. I am allowed to leave the house in pants. I can defend myself in a court of law. I can vote. I can manage a thriving business. I can be a lawyer. I can speak my mind.

I can choose. I can decide. I can determine the way my future goes.

Which is why I am done with women's rights.

I remember being a little girl sitting in a classroom full of my mom's high school students, saying, "I'm a feminist, too!" There was so much pride in that because I believed women were important. I believed women were strong and smart. I watched my Wonder Woman of a mother get her Master's degree while working and raising two girls. She was the epitome of a feminist to me, this intelligent powerhouse who still managed to teach me how to shave.

When I received a 30 on my ACT and got a full ride to college, she was so proud. And when I got married at 18 and dropped out of college one year later, she was still proud. Because I wasn't trying to mold myself to the world's definition of a beautifully strong woman - I was doing what I needed to do. My mom imparted in me a heart that is ready to see the world change for the better.

Nowhere in that heart is the need to complain about who got elected into office. That heart doesn't care about a Pink-tax (because let's face it, if it's really a big deal, there are other options out there for you). That heart has no desire to bare my breasts in public to prove I am proud of my body. That heart doesn't feel threatened or abused or trod upon, because I live in a country where I can literally do anything I want with myself, and nothing and no one will stop me.

And I refuse to use all of my power and freedom to argue about tampons. I became physically nauseous reading about the Women's March this year because I can't believe all of these bright and lovely women are marching on D.C. simply because they didn't get the president they wanted.

I am fully aware that I am offending the panties off of a bunch of people right now. But the truth is, I have had enough. American women have all the freedoms and rights and liberties that the men do, and it's time to spread our reach.

There is a famous quote that states, "All that is needed for the forces of evil to triumph is for enough good men and women to do nothing."

I want us to fight so that women in India can leave their homes without being raped and beaten. I want us to fight so that girls in Uganda can continue going to school even once they have reached puberty. I want us to fight so that girls can grow up before being married off in the Middle East. I want us to fight so that men and women and children will stop being sold like property across the globe.

And, last time I checked, Donald Trump is no evil force.

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