When women are free and safe and equal and cherished everyone will thrive, men, women and children.
But if male students talk about feminism with one another, university campuses will slowly become better informed and, in turn, more safe and equal.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, people who have been denied safe and equal access can sue businesses to make physical improvements.
I squarely blame the young, who, through foolish apathy, criminal self-indulgence and sometimes uninformed loathing of the women's movement, have ensured that our social, political and economic environment is less fulfilling, much less safe, less equal and less nurturing than it was even in the 70s and 80s when we old Fems were burning bras and raising hell.
We are not safe or equal in many of our homes, workplaces and communities.
We need to have a very open and candid public conversation about ways we can ensure that women feel safe and equal in our society throughout their lives.
On International Women's Day, I call on all people to join our efforts to usher in a world free of violence against women and girls, where all people are safe and equal.
And in order to get to a point where everyone is safe and equal, it means reinforcing some things in my daughter that I will try to tone down in my sons, and vice versa.
Other basics include proper documentation for women and girls so they can receive services; safe and equal access to food and cooking fuel and quality reproductive health care, especially services for survivors of sexual violence.
At a time where same-sex marriage is legal and transgender rights are part of the national conversation, it would be easy to rest on the laurels of these achievements but there is so much more to do to create a safe and equal environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.
