I have a very vivid memory of talking about my classes to my mother before the start of the first semester, and every time I listed my course of study in women and gender I remember my mother asking me: "What do you think you will learn there?" I remember opening my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. I stopped and looked at her and said, “You know, I'm not really sure. I guess we'll find out! I knew going into this class I was excited, but I had no idea what. However, looking back on my experiences, discussions, and the knowledge I gained from this course, I know exactly why I was excited. There is a whole world out there that the media and politics had hidden from me, but now my eyes are open. I can see everything. Feminism was a completely foreign concept to me. It's not that stereotypes were planted in my head, I had simply never been exposed – like many people on this planet – to the idea of ​​feminism. However I wanted to know everything! It looked interesting, it looked powerful. I'm aware that it sounds strange, but feminism was such a foreign topic to me that I knew it had to be important. When the class started I started to get an idea of ​​what feminism really was. She was fighting for women's equality, right? I would later find out that this is an immature concept of feminism, it hasn't been fully developed. Gender equality was a big part of it, but it was so much more than that. At the end of this course, if someone asked me what feminism is, I could – without hesitation – state that feminism is the belief that all people have the right to freedom. That no person should ever be discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, religion… halfway… away from women who simply want the right to vote, it has blossomed. However, it is still growing and developing. We will always look back and remember Seneca Falls; opening the first contraceptive clinic in Brooklyn, New York; Roe v. Wade. As we continually build on our accomplishments, we move forward on our journey. I know that true equality will not happen in my lifetime, yet I have faith that it will. When that day comes, equality will seem like the norm and they won't like where they are. They will appreciate their origins, the adversaries their ancestors faced, and they will appreciate what they went through. Overall, this course provided me with one thing. . . Hope. I hope that one day there will be unity among all the human race; man, woman, child, black, white, gay, straight.