The word feminist carries a negative association. When someone says feminist, the first thing that comes to mind is a crazy woman. The word has picked up a negative meaning since the stereotypical “feminist” are psycho woman who yell a lot. Roxane Gay in “Bad Feminist’s” talks about how there are many differed views and types of feminist’s. The stereotype of the modern day feminist is very unrealistic. This stereotype cause people to stay away from being a feminist’s. People don’t fight for what they believe in because they don’t want to be put in a category. Once someone is put into a category peoples views of them change greatly. It is quite challenging to be judged severely by others since they just judge the whole category as a whole. Gay talks about she has accepted who she is, “No matter what issues I have with feminism. I am one. (169)”. Someone may have know Gay her whole life, but know they know she is a feminist, there whole perception has changed. Even in my own life I can figure out how people feel about my just because some of the categories I am apart of. In our world, it is extremely easy to judge a book by its cover. We subconsciously do it every single day. The real meaning of a feminist is someone who sticks up for equality and what is right. We as a culture need to now judge categories so much and be more open to everything.
