Is Feminism Really Necessary to Defend Women? I really need to know why people think we still need Feminism in the Western world. I am from America and it baffles me that there are so many Feminists still “fighting” for women’s rights. Why? I’m not oppressed. I don’t mean any of this in a mean way, but Feminism is not that useful in places where women have every legal right that a man does. Not only that, but they are heavily represented in the media, a little less than men, but shown to be just as capable as a man. Please read my reasoning and let me know why you are a Feminist/why we need Feminism in the Western world: