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Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Stockholm Syndrome: Why It’s...
While I was sitting in my living room talking to my mom, somehow the topic of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) came up. “Do you know that this is going on in our own city? In the...
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How a Pimp Catches his Prey
The Prey “Pimps prey upon the most vulnerable girls and young women; girls who are runaways and homeless, girls who have been victims of child sexual abuse, low-income girls, often girls of color, who...
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Girls Are Not For Sale Benefit for GEMS Highlights Girls’ Empowerment
Girls who have been helped by GEMS on stage during the benefit (photo credit: Miral Rivalta). A few weeks ago, I attended a benefit for GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. GEMS is an...
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Recognizing the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in New York
I need feminism because I want to decide my future instead of my gender deciding it for me (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism because I want to decide my future rather than my gender...
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Why Do I Need Feminism? To Stop the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
I need feminism because I don’t want my children to grow up believing women are the weaker gender (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Why do I need feminism? There’s an obvious answer to that question. I...
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We are Oblivious to Rap and Hip-Hop’s Misogyny
I need feminism because the future of mankind depends on it (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Before I took this high school feminism course, my knowledge of feminism was very limited. I always...
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I Need Feminism Because My Sister Shouldn’t Have To Experience Street Harassment
I need feminism because my little sister should have the same amount of confidence in + respect for herself as I do for her! (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) The other day I was walking down the street...
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Discovering Why I Need to Tell Myself I Am a Feminist Every Day
This is only one of the many reasons that I NEED feminism. Photo Credit: Ileana Jimenez I need feminism because my gender should not stop me from doing anything that I could possibly want to do or...
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Why Wouldn’t I Need Feminism?
“I need feminism because every girl should feel empowered, and no one should be limited by society’s definition of normal.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) After several minutes of stressing about how...
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A Letter to My Grama, Who Is Afraid of the Word Feminist
“I need feminism because it defines me as a conscious woman. I have been exposed to a different way of thinking that properly influences my womanhood.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) Dear Grama, I...
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