Yes! I'm a Feminist. No! I don't hate men. Shocking? Then you clearly have not understood the proper meaning of the word Feminist. I argued with a friend of mine on why I'm a feminist and here I'm typing the very reasons why our society needs feminism. Why am I a feminist? Because I believe equality. Then why don't we feminists call ourselves "Equalist" or "Egalitarian"? We use the word feminism because our main focus is on the unequal status of women. Still, think it's unfair? I think it's fair that feminism is called feminism considering that the entire history of the human race is called "mankind". If you stand for equality then you, my friend are a feminist. I'm a feminist for the following reasons: Boys are shamed for being emotionally open because that's a girl's thing. Street harassment or catcalling is not a compliment. The worst thing a girl and a guy can be called is a girl! I mean what is th...