Activism
and education go hand in hand. When educated, I believe people are more aware
of injustices and therefore more likely to advocate or support changing those
wrongs. Yet, one might also be overwhelmed after knowing the problem and feel
like they “can’t instantly solve every one of these problems, we shouldn’t
bother to become socially active at all.” (Loeb 8). Change is not instantaneous
(Loeb 3); if people have the mindset that “individual involvement is
worthwhile” (Loeb 5), then after one becomes educated, they have the drive to
continue onto the next important; being active. After being educated about
sexism and how widespread it is, the next step for most people is to be active
and use these tools in action. Like Alice Walker says, “…we can do nothing substantial toward changing our
course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual
by individual, and by bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile.” (Walker
366). To make the changes to the injustices that are found through education,
people must all be active and push to
fix the problem(s). For example, voting is a huge importance
in making sure you are represented and helping the government know what the
American people want. Other things that can help push for equality and other
things like that would be activist, protesting, attending rallies, or even just
helping spread correct information so other are able to make opinions based on
facts.
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