The F word

Welcome to 2015, we have cars that can drive themselves and phones that can talk to you! Oh, but equal rights for men and women? oh yeah, well, we're still working on that...
Okay, first things first, I'm a feminist.  
But I don't follow the man-hating, child-slaughtering terror that some have stereotyped feminism to be. Us feminists, are more like people who believe with their whole heart, that men and women deserve equal rights.

This guy gets it. I could not have said it better myself.

However, the bitter, bitter truth is that even in the twenty first century, those equal rights fail to exist. Don't believe me?
Let's focus on the infamous example of how women are unable to drive in Saudi Arabia, by law. Now, the last time I checked, women too have hands to grip the wheel, feet to hit the pedal, and a brain to know when to swerve. So why are we stripped of this right?
Also, besides being unreasonable, it's fairly impractical too: isn't there some sort of a problem when a man is driving a bus full of young school girls?
Or, let's take the problem of gender inequality to the West: the pay gap. Granted, we've come a long way with this problem, but it still stands. Overall, in 2014, the pay gap was 19.1% in Great Britain, 16.4% on average in the EU and 18% in the US (2013).
I know that there's this long running joke that straight,white males have the least prejudice piled up against them- and for the most part, this is probably true- but it's hard to imagine that there goes no injustice against men. 
Did you know, every one in seven men experienced "severe physical violence" in 2012, whilst one in four were raped, stalked or abused by a partner. 
So, although women are more oppressed right now, there are some gender prejudices that men face too. 
Obviously, gender equality doesn't yet exist, and we need to recognise this, if we are to live in a more equal, peaceful, better world.