We Should All Be Feminist

In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ted talk titled “We Should All Be Feminists”, Adichie discusses the subject matter of what the word feminists means and how feminism still affects her life today. In one of the most important points of Adichie’s speech, she discusses how she was led to believe that being a feminist was a bad thing, and how boys are put on a higher pedestal than women from the many examples she gave, like how a boy in her primary school was given the position of class monitor, just for the fact he was a guy and not Adichie, even though she had got the highest test score of all the class, and the teacher promised the kid with the highest score would be the class monitor, but failed to mention the class monitor had to be a guy. Adichie not only opened the audience’s mind, but also their eyes to feminism and how it affects everyone. So in all, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “We Should All Be Feminist”, successfully
I love how Adichie presents herself as not an “angry, man-hating feminists”, but Adichie is advocating equality for all, and not putting neither man or women on a higher or lower pedestal. I’ve always felt that the man has a lot more pressures than most think, and that can lead to more difficult issues down the road and how this shapes their children. In all, Adichie’s “We Should All Be Feminists” is a great platform to spread the message, that most are uncomfortable with, like the thought of women becoming more powerful and demanding that they be held to the same standards of men. The same with Adichie’s speech giving a platform for the message of men not being this super macho masculine man and being in touch with his emotions and not being afraid of them. This speech opened doors and minds to create a new and better environment, where man and women can co-exist equally, without having the stipulations of labels being put on