For this week's interview, I spoke with a twenty year old Caucasian female. She is a student at Fresno State and our interview took place in the library. The question that we addressed was "Is feminism a dirty word?" She started out by saying "absolutely not." She went on to say that feminism is not about females trying to take over the world, rather it is about gender inequality and women fighting to have a say. She also talked about the media in regards to TIME magazine in trying to ban the word feminism from being used. One of the most recent controversies that women are facing is the right to get an abortion and access to birth control. My interviewee holds a very strong opinion in the fact that she believes it is the women's choice to decide if she wants an abortion and if she decides to use birth control. She does not agree that it is a white man's vote on whether or not women get a say in what she does with her own body. She has seen the double standards in a way of the White House and women in politics. Feminism as she stated is not about a women gaining all the power, just having equal power to have her voice heard and to be able to make a statement if necessary.
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