I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a patriarchal world when feminism is a bad word?
Interpretation
The quote highlights the stigma around feminism in a patriarchal society and questions the reluctance to embrace feminist identity.
Ellen Page emphasizes the paradox of feminism being viewed negatively despite the evident gender inequalities that still persist in society. The reluctance to identify as a feminist suggests a misunderstanding or mischaracterization of feminism itself, which advocates for equality and justice. The statement reflects on the societal pressures and the ongoing struggle for gender equity, where acknowledging one's feminist beliefs can be socially frowned upon.
In practice
In a discussion about gender roles, this quote can illustrate the misconceptions surrounding feminism.
This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another. If we took just five minutes to recognize each other's beauty instead of attacking each other for our differences - that's not hard - it's really an easier and better way to live.
I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that.
The more time went by, the more something just happened, an Oh my god - I want to love someone freely and walk down the street and hold my girlfriend's hand.
You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore, I don't feel shame about being gay,' but you actually do. You're just not fully aware of it. I think I still felt scared about people knowing. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not being myself.
If you're a girl and you don't fit the very specific vision of what a girl should be, which is always from a man's perspective, then you're a little bit at a loss.
I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace, come to put out the candles. The canker in the heart of the rose.
In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.
In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.
An intelligent being, is the active principle of all things. One must have renounced all common sense to doubt it, and it is a waste of time to try to prove such self evident truth.
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand. It is because fear is at the basis of those two things. In this world we can now begin a little to understand things, and a little to master them by the help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts.
In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support those regimes that would deny freedom, democracy and human rights to their own people.
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