Some may say we don’t need feminism, because equality is here, but recent events say otherwise. Take for example that – finally – a woman will grace the front of U.S. currency, but it won’t be the $20 bill. Another example came this week, when a Brazilian soccer official stated his reasoning for an increase interest in the Women’s World Cup: “…the shorts are a bit shorter, the hair styles are more done up. It’s not a woman dressed as a man.”
We discuss these recent events and why the fight for equality is still ongoing with our panel:
- Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House
- Barbara LeSavoy, director and assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies at SUNY Brockport
- Haley Johnson, graduate student
