If you honestly believe women and men are treated equally then you have a very warped sense of the world we live in. It's so painfully obvious that sexism is still extremely prominent. The only people who believe that are white straight males who have not had to deal with any form of oppression. I really hate to sound like some Tumblr extremist but anyone I've come across who believes "feminism isn't necessary" have been white straight males. People like that will never understand the plight of someone part of a social minority until they stop being an asshole and learn to face cold hard facts.
It sickens me how the majority of women are represented in media, specifically video games and films. A lot of the time, important female characters are represented in one of two ways: being completely flat and dependent upon men to accomplish anything within the plot; or are vaguely interesting and strong but over-sexualized to fulfill the role of the "hot badass chick". There are crossovers, of course, and some characters that defy these clichés, but these are obviously overshadowed by the cool white dude movies. Anyone who seems to call out this bullshit just gets called an "angry feminist" and their opinion is handwaved.
The thing that pisses me off as much as sexism is people who believe it's not even a thing.
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