In my #7NecessarySins, the chapter on the “sin” of violence frightens people. I’m told: “Violence begets violence!” What do centuries of male violence vs women beget? Patriarchy is the oldest form of occupation. Liberation movements use sviolence vs colonizers. Why can’t women?
People have a right to resist colonization and occupation. I ask in the chapter on Violence:
- can women - whose participation in liberation movements is often erased when history is written - use violence to liberate themselves from their “comrades?” #7NecessarySins
- can women - whose participation in liberation movements is often erased when history is written - use violence to liberate themselves from their “comrades?” #7NecessarySins
In other words: can women resist patriarchy?
The reactions to the questions I ask in the chapter on Violence make clear: NO.
People are more upset at my questions about imaginary violence vs men than they are at the REAL and DAILY violence vs women, queer people, children
The reactions to the questions I ask in the chapter on Violence make clear: NO.
People are more upset at my questions about imaginary violence vs men than they are at the REAL and DAILY violence vs women, queer people, children
Remember this as we hear stories of women having to choose: a deadly virus outside, an abuser inside.
As we hear stories about an increase in intimate partner violence & domestic abuse during #COVID19, remember: there has been a global pandemic long ignored - violence vs women
As we hear stories about an increase in intimate partner violence & domestic abuse during #COVID19, remember: there has been a global pandemic long ignored - violence vs women
I rarely use the word “Terrorism.” It is loaded and often politically biased. The only time I DO USE IT it is to describe patriarchal violence against women. From #7NecessarySins 👇🏽
