Breaking free of norms!
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It's hard to keep track of abusers in this app.
Should create a database of abusers and stay away.
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Jun 13
Because women have already spent generations doing everything they were told would keep them safe.
WE covered up.
WE stayed home.
WE travelled in groups.
WE avoided certain places.
WE altered their routines.
WE were careful, and careful, and careful.
And yet sexual violence persisted.Because the variable that needed to change was never their clothing, their timing, or their BEHAVIOR. It was perpetrator behaviour, enabled by a society that too often looked away.
Breaking this system will not happen overnight.
It requires change in classrooms, courtrooms, police stations, film studios, WhatsApp groups, dinner tables, and political platforms.
Not all at once.
But consistently.
What gives me hope is that none of these solutions are mysterious. What makes me lose hope is no one is ready to work collectively to do this
We know that consent education works.
We know that accountability works.
We know that peer intervention works.
We know that economic empowerment works.
The problem has never been a lack of knowledge.
The problem has been a lack of collective will. The question is not whether we know how to reduce sexual violence.
The question is whether we are finally willing to treat it as the urgent, solvable, structural problem that it has always been.
Jun 13
Notice every thread and
every solution discussed here asks something of society.
It asks something of schools.
Something of courts.
Something of police.
Something of media.
Something of men.
Something of political leaders.
And yes, something of women too, particularly in confronting forms of internalised misogyny that continue to be passed down across generations.
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Jun 13
Notice every thread and
every solution discussed here asks something of society.
It asks something of schools.
Something of courts.
Something of police.
Something of media.
Something of men.
Something of political leaders.
And yes, something of women too, particularly in confronting forms of internalised misogyny that continue to be passed down across generations.
Jun 13
Systematically we should break the culture that enbales ra*e
First thing is, It starts much earlier than the crime itself.
Most perpetrators were never taught what consent actually means. They grew up watching films where women said "no" but were expected to mean "yes." They were told persistence is romance, jealousy is love, and refusal is something to overcome rather than respect.
This is where the chain begins.
And this is where it can be broken. (1/n)
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Jun 13
Systematically we should break the culture that enbales ra*e
First thing is, It starts much earlier than the crime itself.
Most perpetrators were never taught what consent actually means. They grew up watching films where women said "no" but were expected to mean "yes." They were told persistence is romance, jealousy is love, and refusal is something to overcome rather than respect.
This is where the chain begins.
And this is where it can be broken. (1/n)
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Jun 13
The same applies to pornography.
Young people increasingly learn about relationships, intimacy, and sex through online content long before they receive meaningful education.
Porn literacy should therefore be part of adolescent education, helping young people understand the difference between fantasy, performance, and real-world consent. (8/n)
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There is also a structural dimension that often receives less ATTENTION. Women's economic and social power matters.
Across countries and societies, greater gender equality is consistently associated with lower levels of sexual violence . FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE does not eliminate abuse, but it gives women more freedom to leave unsafe situations, challenge exploitation, and seek justice without depending on those who may silence them. (10/n)
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Jun 12
Pov: log off work
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