Si Fuera Un Chico

Si fuera un chico, if I were a boy. It's a song, by Beyoncé. A pretty great song that you should check out. I typed it in Spanish because this blog post is stemming from an activity that I did in my Spanish class. We're working with "si" or "if clauses". If this happened, this would happen, pretty radical stuff.

To ensure we knew what we were doing and to practice our speaking skills, my teacher divided the class, boys on one side, girls on the other. We went back and forth saying "If I were a boy I would do this" or "If I were a girl I would do this". Pretty exciting stuff. I know it was a joke and not meant to be taken seriously, but some of the stereotypes that came out of this game stuck in my head.

One of the boys (whom I can't stand, but that's beside the point) said that if he were a girl he'd be a feminist. Me being the crazy feminist that I am proceeded to shout out, "EQUALIDAD." Because that's just how cool I am. Why is feminism so negatively viewed in society. Boys are misogynists and women are feminists. Why can't there be zero misogynists and more feminists? Is that even possible? I cannot stress this enough, feminism is equality for all. Men and women of any race, religion, and sexual preference. Equality!!!!!!!

Another stereotype these boys mentioned, gold-digging. Not all women are gold diggers. A strong independent woman doesn't need to find love solely based on the amount of money in his wallet. I'm not at all saying that gold digging is ok. But 150 years ago women had to look for a husband with wealth if they wanted to survive. The patriarchy didn't allow women to work for themselves and taking initiative in finding their wealthy counterparts was the most control they had in their life.

Stereotypes are annoying and so are misogynists. Feminism is equality for all and the patriarchy started the whole concept of "gold-digging" or finding a husband for money and success.

stay peaceful (and avoid stereotypes)!!