Writer Nikita Singh is tired of explaining to people the meaning of feminism and feminist. “People just don’t get it. What’s worse is when they joke about the word feminazi. You cannot joke about Nazi. You have no idea how terrible the Holocaust was,” she says.
Nikita clearly explains that feminism is not about women being better than men. “Feminism is about equal opportunity and respect. Even now if people don’t get it, then you just can’t help it,” she said.
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