In 1908 15,000 women marched the streets of New York City, demanding shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights. We’re one-for-three…so not bad (kidding)! Today is International Women’s Day (IWD). I would love to tell you that every March 8th I sit down and reflect on those who fought for the liberties I take for granted, followed by an evening of bra burning and man bashing. But, this is not the case. Rather I turned on my iPad during my morning commute, opened up Zite, and thought “why the heck is everyone discussing women’s rights this morning?” After shamefully realizing my ignorance I decided to do penance by, you guessed it, some reflection.
My mother was a feminist, or so I always thought. She told me to speak up for myself, as so many women before me weren’t given the same right. She taught me to be independent, have goals, demand equal treatment. She emphasized the importance of education, especially reading and writing. She had a lot of female friends, and sometimes they would wear colorful scarves on their heads and go hiking, hey, they grew up in the 70’s. She also happened to be a liberal. But, does this list define a feminist, or just good parenting…does it really matter?
As female professionals we will probably be coined as a feminist or the anti, whether we like it or not. Just ask Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg who have not sat pretty with the movement feminists these days. I must say, I’m a bit confused, shouldn’t the female Execs of FaceBook and Yahoo! be the posterwomen of female equality in the workplace? Are there different types of feminists? Do I even know what a feminist is?
With this in mind, and in light of IWD I thought I would help all our female readers out. Below is the official Seventeen Magazine Quiz: What kind of feminist are you? I found it right under their other official quiz titled “Is it a Flirtationship or Something More” so this one should be pretty accurate.
Click the image below to take the quiz:
What kind of feminist are you?
Happy International Women’s Day! Make sure you take some time tonight to sit back and relax and let the man do the dishes for once…oh wait, that wasn’t very feminist of me…or was it?