Deadly silence: what happens when we don't believe women
Not listening to women’s experience of abusive men – and of other areas from health to the economy – harms all of society.
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… 1/6
Not listening to women’s experience of abusive men – and of other areas from health to the economy – harms all of society.
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… 1/6
Women’s suffering is widely accepted and ignored in our culture. Whether the suffering of men’s violence, or poor health. And a cultural unwillingness to believe women. Including on their own competence, or on dangerous men. 2/6
The delegitimisation of women’s voice and authority is central to patriarchy. “Because the existing power structure is built on female subjugation, female credibility is inherently dangerous to it.” 3/6
“Patriarchy is called that for a reason: men really do benefit from it. When we take seriously women’s experiences of sexual violence and humiliation, men will be forced to lose a kind of freedom they often don’t even know they enjoy: the freedom to use women’s bodies to..." 4/6
"the freedom to use women’s bodies to shore up their egos, convince themselves they are powerful and in control, or whatever other uses they see fit. When we genuinely believe in women’s leadership capacity, men must face twice the competition they previously had" 5/6
“Seeing women as fully human may cost men certain kinds of oppressive power, but it pays dividends to the human race in nearly every other way.”
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… 6/6
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2… 6/6
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