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Gender Equality - from a man's perspective

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In general, I think of myself as a very fair person who doesn't discriminate between genders. I guess this is how most of my friends (which are almost all male) would also think. I didn't understand the problem of gender equality and have seen 'feminism' as a distant dictionary word. When I see women shouting for their gender equal rights, I often pass them off thinking that this doesn't concern me as I am a fair person. I am assuming most of other men would do the same. This needs to stop! I was browsing on a lazy Sunday afternoon and came across a video of Emma Watson which opened up this pandora box in my mind. Is there really a gender inequality problem? What could be the reasons for this problem? Am I part of the problem? Who all are part of the problem? Does this problem affect me? Source The problem became pretty evident as I started counting for females in prominent positions in society such as in politics or in top positions in major compani