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#ThisIsNotConsent and nothing-no way of dressing or behaving-nothing protects women from the patriarchal system. I’ve been assaulted and harassed by barristers at work, where I was dressed like a Victorian. Rape culture does as rape culture says
To be clear, I talk about these experiences of assault in the legal profession (the very people tasked with upholding the law) because I can. I have privilege and as @monaeltahawy says: that privilege obliges me to fight 10 times as hard as someone who doesn’t
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My first end of term, a barrister I’d given work to, took me for lunch with some colleagues. One of them slapped my bottom so hard it silenced The Bailey, meant every other legal prof saw me grab his arm and say to him - you never, ever touch a woman without her consent
