The "Who Needs Feminism?" project was started by students at Duke University who were frustrated with the popular misconceptions surrounding the feminist movement. As they write on their site, "We feel that until the denigration surrounding feminism and women's issues is alleviated, it will be hard to achieve total gender equality, both statistically and socially." They asked people to submit their own reasons as to why feminism is needed and, to the organizers' delight, they discovered that the submissions they received gave "better answers than we could have ever imagined!" 

To browse through the project submissions, some of which contain strong language, visit their Tumblr page at http://whoneedsfeminism.tumblr.com/

For stories for young readers of both real-life and fictional of girls and women confronting gender discrimination and prejudice, visit our "Gender Discrimination" section at http://www.amightygirl.com/books/social-issues/prejudice-discrimination?cat=69