
Conservative media present feminists as anti-men women, always angry. But quite the contrary, feminism has managed to improve the lives of all people. Thanks to feminism, we all live more egalitarian: at work and at home, in our social and sexual relationships. Thanks to feminism, domestic violence is no longer a secret, the use of contraceptives has been normalized and we are all a bit freer.
However, feminism wanted much more than equality between men and women. When I talked about brotherhood among women, I wanted to overcome class and race boundaries, transform the world at its root. Feminism is anti-racist, anti-racist and anti-homophobic or does not deserve that name. Many white women make use of feminism to defend their interests but do not maintain this commitment to black, precarious and lesbian women; That is not feminism.
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