There’s an unspoken societal rule that asks for women to either be Madonna or a whore. I recently realized there’s actually a psychological theorem around it: The Madonna-whore complex. Generally, women are supposed to be prudes and therefore deserving of respect, or very sexually attractive/active and don’t inherently deserve respect. Women can’t be both […]
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This book contains raw passion, unfiltered anger, and a daring boldness at the gross injustice of enslaving women with their own bodies! Are you curious about anything related to abortion? Are you sexually active? Do you have a sense of justice? Do you hate being told what you can and cannot
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Special Ops: Lioness I stopped watching this movie because it’s just bullshit wrapped up as “feminism.” It’s liberal feminism plus US nationalist and capitalist propaganda. Femme fatale or using women to invade other countries, neo-colonise them and steal their resources under the guise of “protecting” those countries is nonsense. The US can’t even
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I will explain, as simple as possible, the difference between individualistic and systemic solution using myself as an example. I’m a feminist, a rad one at that, but the extent of its protection of me is still limited so much that it didn’t protect me from being harassed, or cat-called on the streets or
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If it were up to me, marriage would have been disbanded until we have proper policies/ laws to protect women. Earlier on, I was listening to a certain woman narrating how her ex husband chopped her hands off and almost burnt her to death. What really annoys me is the fact that she’s been seeking
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For this article to be understood, we need to stand on the premise of ideologies shaping societal structures. And in this instance, I’d like to write about the ideology of patriarchy. An ideology doesn’t just affect one demography, it affects everybody. And that means there is patriarchy in everybody irrespective of their gender identity, and
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There was a friend I had in secondary school between JSS1 and JSS2. She was tall and definitely “did not look like a woman.” She looked very strong, sinewy, tough and would have been more muscular if she went to the gym. She was VERY fast on the field where we played during break time
I read about an Instagram model that was ready to file a lawsuit against Aubrey Drake Graham, a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor who allegedly had poured hot pepper in a condom after use to kill the sperm. She (the model) went to the bathroom to take some sperm for her use only to feel
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Conversations around women’s bodies and the idea of the ‘perfect victim’. … Last week Sunday, a medical students’ association WhatsApp group I am on had a discussion about a video of a young woman who on dressing “indecently” was harassed by a group of men while one guy tried fending off her harassors and she
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CALL FOR FEMINIST WRITERS! ✨🌟 FigureFeminists.com is excited to invite passionate feminist writers (irrespective of your gender identity) to contribute to our International Women’s Day initiative! We’re seeking critical commentaries (1500+ words) from a pro-sexual rights perspective on one of the following ten crucial topics (and each category attracts a #10,000 cash prize for
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