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Women must involve men if they want equality

There is a peculiar way in which the talk about equality of the sexes pricks when exposed without shrouds of misconceptions. For reasons I am yet to understand, the majority of people loathe the word feminism. The word as majority view it drenches of hatred and prejudice. It invokes emotions that reek of the ripe stench of decay.

I know people who shift and look elsewhere with skin gathering on their forehead when I mention the word. And then what seeps between us is wind borne silence. Some women think that the expression of detest towards men is what fighting for women's rights is. And remember, no one is talking about feminism yet.

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