"Sexism isn't a women'es issue any more than racism is a Black issue"
-Venus Williams
The five-time Wimbledon champion penned a moving essay for British Vogue on Monday about using her platform to advocate for equal pay.
In 2007, Williams became the first women to receive equal prize money to her male counterparts.
"The lack of equality and equal opportunities in tennis is a symptom of the obstacles women face around the world."
In oaddition to making sure that women are paid the same amount as men for equal work, Williams said closing the gender pay gap must include other solutions, including raising the minimum wage, expanding childcare and medical care, and hiring women for senior positions.
"None of these things are possible without men being part of the solution"
Men and women having the opportunity to do the same jobs with the same pay, women occupying high-ranking positions, men and women on maternity leave when they have a child, women walking the streets without fear, men who can express their feelings without make them feel weak ... all this and more is gender equality, that is why we should fight for every day, feminism is not something only for women, to achieve it the participation of men is essential, a world with equality it is where we can all have access to the same opportunities.
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