Warning: If you are easily offended, then do not watch!
Screen grab from the video
There is a video making the rounds on the Internet of little girls using cuss words in the name of feminism. They are dolled up in princess dresses and makeup, but there is NOTHING pretty about their words. And if you can get past their over-the-top potty mouths, you will see they have something very important to say.
It's hard to hear little kids speak this way, but there is a very important message cradled in all those curse words. The fact of the matter is there are much bigger dangers these girls will face than a few four-letter words. Pay inequality. Rape. Violence. These are the things that unfortunately shape their lives as they grow older. Perhaps the most poignant part of the video was when they mentioned the statistic that one in five girls will be raped, each taking a number. Then one asked, "Which one of us will it be?" That was a truly powerful and frightening thing to see play out in front of us. The idea that one of these girls would be savagely attacked is just horrific.
Though, there are many who can't get past the language. Yes, it's offensive, but it may also be necessary. They are not talking to fellow children, they are talking to adults — the many adults who shrug their shoulders when they hear that women make 23 percent less than men for the same job. The people who just ignore the fact that women can be more educated or better performers, but still valued so much less in the workplace. And it's not just men who miss this point. Many women, too, do little to change or protest the status quo. Is that really the world we want these kids to grow into? Is that really the world we want to sit complacently in?
The video is orginally an ad for the FCKH8.com company, which sells clothing with wildly liberal slogans.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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