Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.

Being a feminist is not about how successful, talented, and assertive you are in your own life. It's about whether you support the struggle to overcome the limiting gendered stereotypes and barriers that force so many women to restrict their aspirations as workers, to fulfill their aspirations as parents, and force so many men to do the opposite.

Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women.

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