Young Girls Say That Sexism Is Part Of Their Daily Lives
The organisation’s “Equality For Girls” report surveyed more than 1,200 girls and young women aged 7 to 21, and have called their findings “a wake-up call” and “a disturbing insight into the state of equality for girls in the UK.”
The survey revealed that 87% of the 11 to 21-year-olds surveyed said they thought women were judged based on their appearance, and not their abilities.
And 60% of the 16 to 21-year-olds said they’ve felt “patronised or made to feel stupid” because they’re female.
Disturbingly, most of the 13-year-olds questioned said they had experienced sexual harassment.
Of the entire 13 to 21 age bracket, 28% had experienced unwanted touching and sexual attention, with 26% experiencing unwanted attention and stalking. A further 51% revealed they’d been objected to sexual jokes and taunts, and more than three-quarters said they found this behaviour threatening if they were by themselves.
Young girls are also already worrying about how sexism with affect the career path:
Girls believe that motherhood still disadvantages women in the workplace, and almost half of those aged 11 to 21 worry that having children will negatively affect their career (46%). A similar number think that employers at least to some extent prefer to employ men over women (43%). Half worry about the pay gap between men and women (50%), rising to 60% among 16- to 21-year-olds.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesevilla/young-girls-say-that-sexism-is-a-part-of-their-daily-lives
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Only Psychos Think Rape is OK...Right?
Societal Attitudes Supporting Rape
- A survey of 6,159 college students enrolled at 32 institutions in the U.S. found the following: (ref 4)
· 54% of the women surveyed had been the victims of some form of sexual abuse; more than one in four college-aged women had been the victim of rape or attempted rape;
· 57% of the assaults occurred on dates;
· 73% of the assailants and 55% of the victims had used alcohol or other drugs prior to the assault;
· 25% of the men surveyed admitted some degree of sexually aggressive behavior;
· 42% of the victims told no one.
- In a survey of high school students, 56% of the girls and 76% of the boys believed forced sex was acceptable under some circumstances. (ref 5)
- A survey of 11-to-14 year-olds found
ref 5)
· 51% of the boys and 41% of the girls said forced sex was acceptable if the boy, "spent a lot of money" on the girl;
· 31% of the boys and 32% of the girls said it was acceptable for a man to rape a woman with past sexual experience;
· 87% of boys and 79% of girls said sexual assault was acceptable if the man and the woman were married;
· 65% of the boys and 47% of the girls said it was acceptable for a boy to rape a girl if they had been dating for more than six months.
- In a survey of male college students:
· 35% anonymously admitted that, under certain circumstances, they would commit rape if they believed they could get away with it (ref 6,7).
· One in 12 admitted to committing acts that met the legal definitions of rape, and 84% of men who committed rape did not label it as rape.(ref 6,7)
- In another survey of college males: (ref 8)
· 43% of college-aged men admitted to using coercive behavior to have sex, including ignoring a woman's protest, using physical aggression, and forcing intercourse.
· 15% acknowledged they had committed acquaintance rape; 11% acknowledged using physical restraints to force a woman to have sex.
- Women with a history of rape or attempted rape during adolescence were almost twice as likely to experience a sexual assault during college, and were three times as likely to be victimized by a husband. (ref 9)
- Sexual assault is reported by 33% to 46% of women who are being physically assaulted by their husbands.(ref 10)
http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/sa_rape_support.html
your choice 
I wouldn't say that your choice to make your family home and raise your kids and invest in your partnership with your SO (and all the stresses that come along with that!) is counter to what you fight at all.
And just like you don't have to be a porn star or a president or a CEO or what have you to be a feminist it doesn't make the rest of us fighting for the rights of women to be free individuals any less feminist.
That word gets me to thinking that it's been a long, long time since I've heard it used and just the way you have: a separation of emotion from everything else.
Back in the day men used it (compartmentalization) as... the reason.... they could use pornography without thinking about their moms, sisters, wives or daughters. LOL
And again, they would have it every which way: that women are emotional and they're not, they really have empathy for women and women don't because they won't allow them to make their choices. Or something 
...could be paraphrased so appropriately to fit those sentiments: "If ye love...the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
...and: "For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged." - Alice Walker < http://jameslogancourier.org/?itemid=1503 >
glad to hear it
And so appropriate.
The more I read of what others have said, the more I believe that someone has said something much more eloquently than I could ever hope to. I am occasionally pleased when I notice a situation and remember a fitting quote.
Sam Adams and Alice Walker... that would be a great pair with which to have lunch. 
BTW, love your sig.
There's two other quotes I like: "Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men." and "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
