"Some people ask: "Why the word feminist? Why……" — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Some people ask: "Why the word feminist? Why not just say you… - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Some people ask: "Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?" Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human rights in general-but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women."

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