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I sketched this piece a couple of weeks ago, and since then two more women have been murdered, Natalie McNally and Bruna Fonseca.
This time last year the country came to a standstill, shell shocked with grief after the murder of Ashling Murphy.
This time last year the country came to a standstill, shell shocked with grief after the murder of Ashling Murphy.
What seemed to strike a chord was the randomness of it. “She was just going for a run”. It could have been any of us. It could be any of us. Just weeks after Sarah Everard’s murder in UK, who was just walking home after a night out, we were shown we’re not even safe in daylight.
As women we take precautions all the time for our safety, most we don’t think about, just do on autopilot because that’s what society has taught us. We make sure friends aren’t walking home alone at night, take taxi numbers down, tell friends to text us when they get home safe.
Dear Men
Using violence against anyone is bad. You attack people when you think you can win, including against other men. You violate based on perceived weakness of others, its a crude way to demonstrate 'power' through brutality. You're predatory not powerful
#StopKillingWomen
Using violence against anyone is bad. You attack people when you think you can win, including against other men. You violate based on perceived weakness of others, its a crude way to demonstrate 'power' through brutality. You're predatory not powerful
#StopKillingWomen
Men, your underlying issue is disrespect. You're selective about who you respect while expecting respect from others. You respect other men until you are sure they arent able to harm you, but because women & children are weaker you take your chances hitting them
#StopKillingWomen
#StopKillingWomen
Men respect men more than they respect women. You see a women in a public place, you dont ask yourself "would it be improper to disturb her peace", instead you ask "Is she witha man who would feel disrespected if I spoke to HIS women". She has no right to refuse
#StopKillingWomen
#StopKillingWomen
This is very very common, especially in public buses and cabs, on BRT and ATM queues...
The last time something like thing happened to me, it was one baba sitting behind me in on Danfo from iyana-ipaja.
The last time something like thing happened to me, it was one baba sitting behind me in on Danfo from iyana-ipaja.
Sometimes, after noticing the first time, you look at the person's face and doubt yourself. You think 'maybe he just accidentally brushed my body, and it wouldn't happen again'.
It's been happening all my life.
It's been happening all my life.
In secondary school, the boys derived pleasure from rubbing on girls and it was commonly said that 'girls didn't have nerves in their backsides'.
The only time I recall ever getting proper maaad and voilent in school was because a classmate decided to test the hypothesis on me.
The only time I recall ever getting proper maaad and voilent in school was because a classmate decided to test the hypothesis on me.
