Might help also to describe what you think feminism is, since it’s one of those terms that is overloaded.

I once had a physical therapist tell me she wasn’t a feminist because she thought women couldn’t be as physically capable as men when serving as soldiers, and seemed to believe feminism requires treating women exactly like men.

I told her I was a feminist because I believe in equal rights for men and women, an idea she did not seem so opposed to.

    • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      Until 1972, birth control pills were not accessible to unmarried women.

      Until 1973, women in most states could not serve on juries in the U.S.

      Until 1974, women were unable to obtain a credit card or open a bank account without their husband as co-signer (and unmarried women were entirely unable to have a bank account or credit card).

      Until the 1970s, women were not permitted at most Ivy Leagues (e.g. Harvard did not allow women until 1977).

      Until 1978, women could be fired for becoming pregnant.

      Until 1980, sexual harassment was not considered a form of sex discrimination, and the first legal case where a court agreed a woman was sexually harassed in the workplace was in 1977.

      Until 1993, husbands could legally rape their wives in the many states of the U.S.

      Until 2010 health insurance companies were permitted to discriminate against women and charge them higher prices than men for the same coverage.

      Until 2013, women were not permitted to serve in combat roles in the U.S. military.

      One in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner (compared to 1 in 14 for men).

      Women still earn 82 cents to the dollar compared to men, and in 1982 that was 65 cents to the dollar (the situation has not improved since the 90s).

      Women experience greater job gaps and unemployment than men.

      Only 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.

      In 2022, only 33% of university presidents were women.

      Women currently make up less than 30% of the U.S. House of Representatives, and 25% of the Senate.

      For more: https://www.un.org/en/un75/women_girls_closing_gender_gap