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Strictly speaking, there is no need to read any catechisms with Talmuds — gender equality begins… start with yourself and it should be in your head.
In the most extreme case, it is enough to get acquainted with the dictionary (academic) definition of the word “gender” and the basic school history course.
You don't have any barriers to being a feminist or a feminist if that's what you want. It's devilishly simple.
If you understand why Anna Karenina threw herself in front of the train, sympathize with her and condemn the mores of that time, and understand why this epochal novel is relevant today, then you should not have any problems with the perception of (modern) feminism.
Feminism is about freedom from gender stereotypes and elimination of gender biases. About the fact that women, of course, give birth to children-but this also obviously means nothing except social protection for mothers and should not determine a woman's fate, much less restrict her rights, freedoms and opportunities down to the most basic ones, for example, contraception, premarital sexuality and freedom of movement. About the fact that a woman can get an education and make a career (or not), file for divorce or not be married at all — and at the same time not losing her social status against the background of established female gender roles. About the fact that the place of men in the modern world is changing in turn due to women's emancipation. About the fact that borscht doesn't matter who cooks it, the bill in the restaurant — who pays for it, the program code — who writes it, the car — who drives it, the scientific discovery — who makes it, the company or even the state — who manages it, and the children — who changes their diapers, reads a bedtime story, gets ready for school, check their lessons…
Women are not the second gender by default, but men are not yet the first gender. That's the whole feminist philosophy in one sentence.
And the list of literature for extra-curricular reading on feminism exists, it is extensive, there are about a dozen great books, from Simone de Beauvoir with Ravin Connell to Betty Friedan with Igor Cohn. Interesting — go for it…