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Feminism Unveiled: A Roadmap to Gender Equality

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  I remember very clearly, one of my memories when I was 7 years old, I was walking down the road with one of my friends (she was 2 years older than me). Back then I lived in my granny’s village. While I was walking suddenly some boys started laughing at me and they were mimicking my style of walking, my friend told me not to walk like a guy.  Gender Stereotypes Our posture while talking, walking, eating, sitting, how often we smile, politeness, etc. length of our hair, how colorful and vibrant our clothes are, how often we look in the mirror caring about our looks (is called feminine), playing sports that make us sweat (are masculine). all this divides us into gender categories other than how we look. This is what seven-year-old me started realizing and adopting, I had questions but all my "whys" were ignored, and I was scolded for asking, also I was told 'it is disrespectful to ask cross questions like a fool.' To define these gender stereotypes- Gender stereotypes...