Feminism in 2025: A Movement Complete or Still Evolving?
A 60-minute session on where feminism stands in 2025, seen through ordinary life: who pays the bill, who does the dishes, whose name goes on the forms, whose career pauses when the baby comes, and what men are carrying too. Is the job finished, or still under way? Twelve independent cards; open three or four.
The opening question
What's one thing you do without a second thought that your grandmother never could?
Everyone in the room answers this in one line before any card is opened. Write the answers down; you will come back to them.
The cards
12 ways into the topic
Each card is independent. Your group votes on which to open, and four or five is plenty for an hour. Behind every card sit three prompts, one at a time, that only appear once it is opened on the board. Unopened cards keep for next time.
- 1
Calling Yourself A Feminist
Someone at dinner asks, “Are you a feminist?” You believe men and women should be equal. But you still hesitate before you answer.
- 2
Who Pays On A Date
You're on a first date. The bill arrives. You both reach for it, or neither of you does, and there's a long, awkward pause.
- 3
Sharing The Housework
You both work all day. You both come home tired. One of you starts dinner. The other gets praised for loading the dishes.
- 4
Choosing To Stay At Home
Your friend has a good degree and a good job. She announces she's quitting to run the home full time. She seems genuinely happy.
- 5
Changing Your Surname
You're getting married. The forms want a new surname. Your mother changed hers. Your best friend kept hers and got a lot of questions.
- 6
Paid Period Leave
Your period starts, and the cramps are bad. You have a meeting at ten. You take a painkiller and go in anyway, like always.
- 7
Pressure On Men To Provide
You're a young man. Before the wedding, her family asks about your salary, your flat and your prospects. Nobody asks what she earns.
- 8
Feeling Blamed As A Man
Online, someone says men are the problem. Your friends say feminism hates men. You've never treated a woman badly. You feel stuck in the middle.
- 9
Your Mother's Life And Yours
Your mother married at twenty-one and gave up a job she loved. Now she tells you to build a career first and marry later.
- 10
Who Pauses The Career
A baby arrives. You both love your jobs. But someone has to slow down, and everyone, maybe even you, already seems to know who it will be.
- 11
Women Judging Other Women
You wear jeans to a family function. It isn't the uncles who comment. It's the aunties.
- 12
Why Feminism's Work Is Done
Women fly planes, run companies and lead countries. Girls top the board exams. Your cousin says, “Women can do anything now.
The line to leave with
Somewhere in your home there's a job, a rule or a habit nobody has ever questioned: who would have to give something up if you finally did?
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