Feminism and Running

I mentioned in a previous post that feminism and running were two of my favorite things.  Later on while I was running and a complete stranger decided to wolf whistle at me, the inspiration for this post came to my mind.
People often see feminism as a dirty word that means the belief that women should be given more rights than men, or that women are in some way better than men.  In reality, it is the belief that men and women should have equal rights.  So why do we need feminism and running?
Because men can run shirtless without the fear of someone making obscene comments about their bodies, or calling them skanks, or assuming that they are doing it for the attention.  (Spoiler alert:  We actually do it because running gets pretty toasty sometimes.)
Because we shouldn't have to have the fear of rape in the back of our minds whenever we run alone or after dark.
Because no one should ever believe it is acceptable to yell those types of things at a total stranger.
Because when a woman chooses to run alone, it shouldn't have to be considered unsafe because of the people she might run into.
Most of all, because how would you feel if it was your sister, your child, your cousin, your friend who was out there running alone and being harassed or frightened by people she had never spoken to?