I should also object to the issue of equal pay, because I have not directly seen pay inequality in the workforce, although it was mentioned in class during the video. The video highlights why the statistics may not be entirely correct, such as why they are paid less, why most women have times when they cannot work, such as when they go on maternity leave. The funny thing is that maternity leave was a woman's right that they fought for during the second and third waves and now they wonder why there is still a small gap between women and men. Throughout this whole wave they also fought/fight for equal education, which I also have a hard time understanding because, again, I haven't experienced it personally. As far as I know, I have had the same educational opportunities as my male cousins and childhood friends who, by the way, coming from my male-dominated family, am the first to attend college. Due to some experiences, or rather few experiences with feminism, other than seeing my mother being an independent woman, I have difficulty fully understanding local feminism. Even though I wasn't very familiar with feminism, I learned to understand it, especially later
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