I want to raise a feminist, and I’m wondering the best way to go about it. The best definition I’ve ever come across for feminism was written by Bell Hooks in her book Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. In it, she writes, “Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” Feminism is not about man-hating, or even man-disliking. It’s not about women becoming more powerful than men. It is about doing away with the systems that oppress and harm us all, men and women alike. To assume that men only benefit from sexism with no negative consequences is a mistake. They are harmed by it just as much as women are, which is why I want to raise my son to be a feminist. If we raised all of our children, sons and daughters, to be aware of and opposed to sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression in all of its forms, perhaps we could finally break down the systems that foster them.