First Post: Being a Feminist

For class I had to read a book that was based off of the Ted Talk called We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.  This book questions the societal "norms" expected of women.  I highly recommend it because it touches on a lot of facts that don't necessarily have to be true anymore; for example, women are expected to get married and have children and always compromise with their husbands.  Today that doesn't still have to be the case; women don't have to get married to be happy.  Women also shouldn't be judged if they do not get married, after all men aren't.  Unmarried men are praised by their peers as being bachelors but women are constantly being asked when they are going to get married so they don't become spinsters.  Why can men live life unmarried and women can't?  It's completely unfair and adds unnecessary pressure to a young woman's life.