I am not a feminist, and here's why...

I am a guy. I am a dad. I am a son. I've also had the privilege of being a husband.

A dad with daughters. A son to a mum. And a husband to a wife.

For the women in my life, I should be a feminist.

I'm not.

Why?

Because I'm also white. I'm also straight. I am English speaking. I am educated (some may argue otherwise). I am in very little danger of starving (nobody would argue otherwise). I am not in a warzone (yet). I have a home. I'm a little bit Bhudist. I have opportunities.

So because I am all these things as well, I cannot be a feminist.

I am an equalist.

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A world without borders does not mean you give up your heritage. A world without poverty does not mean you give up your wealth. A world with an abundance of food and shelter does not mean you will starve and have to surrender your home. A world with mixed language, ethnicity, and belief systems, is just a world with more expression, feelings, and empathy - nobody is forcing you to subscribe to anything different. A world where people are free to love who they love does not make you gay. A world where everybody has the opportunity to receive an education does not make you stupid. A world without war does not make you a peace-lovin' hippie.

Here's the thing...

I want my daughters to grow into themselves, in this world, unconstrained by 'isms that have no place.

I want everybody in my life to. Even those people I don't necessarily get on with, because if they too were living in an unconstrained world, well, perhaps we'd get on better.

So I propose we build a world without 'isms.

This isn't remotely close to a new idea, so maybe we just need to figure out what the problem is and take it from there.

One step at a time.

Because the only way to fail is to not start... and pretending to do something; well, that's not starting.