Language Matters. It's important to understand the different words that are used to refer to different words used to reference different things within the realm of feminism and sexism.

If a nation can be measured by how it treats its daughters, then India in 2015 stood at a moment of reckoning. The child sex ratio had declined to alarming levels, reflecting not biology, but bias — a deep-rooted preference for sons. In response, the Government of India launched Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP),

The girls won a small plastic cup. The boys won a fancy, large trophy. Same tournaments. Different genders. The prizes should have been the same. The girls should have won the same trophy.

A stereotype that everyone has heard of at least once is probably the 'dumb blonde.' She's feminine, ditzy, popular, pretty, loves fashion, and, more often than not, loves the color pink. The early 2000s saw the rise of tropes like the high school mean girl (Mean Girls) and the nerdy girl makeover (Mean Girls, The Princess Diaries). But amidst the Regina Georges and Karen Smiths, another famous blond made her way to the forefront of teen cinema. Elle Woods of Legally Blonde