What Does Feminism and Equality Mean for Working Women and Men? Why, just ask Angela Merkel, German Chancellor for the last 13 years. Ms. Merkel strongly believes there is a need to show "why we are for democracy, why we try to bring about solutions, why we always have to put ourselves into the other person's shoes, why we stand-up against intolerance, why we show no tolerance towards violations of human rights." Selected Excerpt: On Feminism she says...” feminism meant "women having the same rights everywhere and this is parity... from politics to the media, to the business community, that must be our objective, we are not there yet." "We need more women in these relevant positions and that means men have to change their way of life." Young People: Go Forth and Continue to Improve Our World...please. …see more