making sure women's rights and their equality to men -- easily overlooked -- have been given international attention. I define feminism as the movement for gender equality through upholding women's rights. When feminism achieves its goal -- gender equality -- it will have made itself redundant. On paper, it would seem that I wouldn't need to call myself a feminist in 2012 because gender equality has been reached. In response to the people who believe feminism is about taking things away from men, I beg to differ. In my experience, feminism is a tool than men can use to analyse their position in society and address issues facing their gender which hamper gender equality. For example, fighting for paternity leave, busting the belief that "boys don't cry" and combating rape culture. Closer to home, Australia provided me with a pretty good set of legal rights by the time I was born (great timing Mum and Dad). Since the late 1960s, legislation has passed to give women equality in the workplace and in their homes. One of the recent achievements for women in Victoria was the decriminalisation of abortion in 2008. On paper, it would seem that I wouldn't need to call myself a feminist in 2012 because gender equality has been reached. However, when I started in my graduate role, it was with full knowledge that female graduates earn $2,000 per annum less than male graduates when entering the workforce. If that's not depressing enough, over the course of my