Gender

[Cuyir]

It does not require a movement, like Pah dee said though. I've already expressed this same sentiment so i'll just copy and paste it:

''To say that ''everyone needs to be a feminist for there to be equality'' or however it was said, is a pretty, how you say, dubiously founded train of thought. That's like saying that every needs to be part of a judeo-christian faith in order for the planet to have peace or everyone being atheists for knowledge to excel (Georges Lemaître, a catholic priest and an astronomer, developed the basis for what would become the Big Bang Theory) and etc. This sort of utopic view is harmful to the movement, to ANY movement, to any society and culture even. I only need to point to Judeo-Christian faiths that have been trying to force their views on people and doing the complete opposite of peace. What we need is equality, not a future where everyone thinks the same way. We need communication, not blanket statements and finger pointing.''

You can change habits, thoughts, ideals and all such things without saying ''WE ALL HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS SAME MOVEMENT'' or ''THIS MOVEMENT NEEDS TO EXIST OR ELSE NO CHANGE WILL HAPPEN''.

(Disclaimer: caps used for emphasis, not for mocking anyone's beliefs.)

Do movements/ideologies help? They can, but not when they're based around utopic views (ie ''everyone must be a feminist for equality to be possible'') or just harm what they're trying to do by doing the complete opposite.