When asked this question, Normal West students and teachers responded accordingly.

Mr. Klokkenga (Normal West social studies teacher): “Not the stereotypical view of women burning bras and not shaving their legs. Feminism to me is the belief that men and women should have equal rights, equal pay: if a woman has the same job as a man, then she should get paid what the man would get paid.”

Mr. Berardi (Normal West social studies teacher): “Feminism is the idea that there is a patriarchal male-dominated society; if you’re a feminist, you take action to make it equal. So that a woman should be able to achieve all that she can achieve based on her merits.”

Jacen Barron (11): “The equal rights of men and women; that no one should be discriminated against for their gender.”

Lauren Evans (12): “When someone is really into enforcing rights for girls and making sure men and women are equal.”

Hunter DeFrees (12): “Just equality of the sexes.”

Brianna Hamel (10): “The treatment of women.”

Giorgio Altavila: Spoke in Italian about feminism; in gist, he said that feminism is the idea that men and women are not the same and will never completely be equal in all areas.