"To make our homes, hostels, classrooms and streets safe, it is - TopicsExpress



          

"To make our homes, hostels, classrooms and streets safe, it is imperative that we defend every woman’s right to say “no”. To my mind, as indeed to many others, the supposed emotional relationship, or its absence, between the two students is utterly irrelevant. Girls and women school themselves into silence because of a very real fear of reprisal. That is the complex functioning of patriarchal power. Real safety exists – to live, love, work, or enjoy life – only if women feel comfortable and safe in saying “no”, and resisting the pressure to conform and comply. This right to refusal, of staking difference, and not increased security, is what may ultimately lead to freer and more equitable forms of living and loving."
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 17:12:54 +0000

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