Feminism at its core is about equality of men and women, not ‘sameness’. So many people offer up the argument that women are not the ‘same’ as men and therefore there can’t be equality. In other words, because their bodies are different (many say weaker or ‘feminine’), and because men and women have different physical capabilities, these physical differences mean equality is not possible. If there were two young boys in a classroom, and one was physically weaker and smaller than the other, would we believe it’s right to keep the weaker, smaller boy from having the same access to the teacher, to learning, to the computers, to the books and class resources, to other children in the class — because he didn’t have the same physical strength as the other boy? It is critical to understand that “same” does not mean “equal.” The issue here is about equal rights and equal access to opportunities. Men and women don’t have to be the “same” physically in order to have the right to equality. Feminism as an ideology has always been highly controversial. It asks such questions as: do women have too 

much or too little power? It is not only controversial as far as traditional defenders of the status quo are concerned. Some women feel that they are in favour of

equality with men, but do not like the idea of feminism. It has been said that we live in a post-feminist age and some contend that the main goals of feminism have been realized, so that it is quite unnecessary for feminists to continue their argument against male domination. Feminism, however, is also controversial in the sense that different feminists mean different things by the term. There are different varieties that seem to have little in common. Just as writers have spoken of socialism, so feminism has also been presented in the plural in order to indicate the diversity involved.

“Men and women don’t have to be the “same” physically in order to have the right to equality.” Why ?