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Men are crucial to feminism. In order to abolish the patriarchy and create an equal society, women need the support of men. Unfortunately, it’s a bit of a catch-22. Many women want to be independent of men, but in order to achieve equality on a large scale, we need their help. Men are dominant in this country. Marginalized groups like women can keep pushing and fighting, but if the privileged group refuses to listen, no progress will be made. Men need to acknowledge that there is a problem with inequality in our society in order for women to take back the power we deserve.

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Nonbinary people, as well as those who are genderfluid, agender, transgender, etc. deserve to feel safe and included in educational environments. That being said, I’m not sure how learning about these people can be incorporated into schools. It’s comparable to our society’s evolving view on homosexuality. Years ago, gay people were widely rejected by the social norm. Nowadays, they are more accepted. Being gay in today’s society is less taboo, especially with new legislation being passed allowing gay marriage. This progress was achieved over time, with arguably no help from educational institutions. Women’s studies, gender studies, and sexuality classes exist to educate about marginalized groups, but the people who seek them out do so usually because they can relate to oppression. The privileged and ignorant would have little interest in taking such courses. Furthermore, there is not a mandated political correctness class at any school of which I’ve heard. We as a nation did not unlearn homophobia in school. We learned through protests and movements, through stories being told. I predict that acceptance of all genders will be learned the same way.

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