“Feminist Politics Where We Stand” Bell Hooks defines feminism as: “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”  Feminism’s main goal is to create equality between men and women overall. It just implies that all sexist thinking and actions are the problem, whether it be a female m male. What I understand feminism to be to me is to understand sexism and erase sexism from the world. In the book Bell Hook explains that most people viewed feminism as anti-men which created some negative opinions regarding feminism. Feminism was thought to be used as an excuse for women not to do housework, not have children and be lesbians. Bell Hooks states that “early on most feminist activist the majority of who were white after a while as they worked on socialism the Black women joined in and they worked on behalf of civil rights and Black liberation’s the Native American women worked on Indigenous rights. Throughout history women have had to fight for equality they were not allowed to work or vote. To society women were supposed to get married be homemakers and bear children. This is so true see my aunt was just like this, her husband did not want her to work at all. She stayed home and had eight kids she could not do anything without his permission. This I think still happens today but quietly. It is time for women to stand up for themselves and make a change. As Bell explains, “giving the reality of racism, it made sense that white men were more willing consider women rights when the granting of those rights could serve the interest of maintaining white supremacy. We should not forget that white women began to assert their need for freedom for civil rights, just when racial discrimination was ending and Black people, especially Black males might have attained equality in the workforce with white men.” (Hook, pg 4). This means that whit women were not the only ones that are fighting for feminism, but Black people are as well. They all want equal rights when it comes to society and the workplace. Before I read this book, I thought that feminism meant a movement for women who were superior to men and that women were against men for everything. But I have to say that I never investigated it, I just believed what everyone else’s opinions were on the meaning of feminism. Now I can say I understand feminism to be wanting equality for all people and for them not to be sexist against anyone. I have explained to some people around me what it really means. They themselves were saying wow I never knew. Well now they know. I am sure there is more to learn.