Here we are at day 15 of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Ready for the 15th name that women do NOT want to be called by men they do not know when they’re in public places? (All 16 names were submitted via Twitter or Facebook.)
Ending the social acceptability of men calling women these names takes us one step closer to creating a culture where gender violence doesn’t happen. Read more about the connection between gender violence and the inappropriate and demeaning names that men call women they don’t know.
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Frances says
They played a clip on Radio 4: man said freedom of speech has to be defended against “a minority who might be offended”.
Does he extend his defence of freedom of speech to include the use of “a certain word” to address a black man? Or equally offensive terms for a Chinese, Asian or any other nationality?
A pejorative is a pejorative, no matter to whom it’s addressed. If he wouldn’t condone the use of “that word” to a negro, then he has no business defending offensive language used against women.
He’d probably say that was a different thing altogether – ie, ethnic slurs apply to MEN as well as women, and MEN must not be offended.
It’s always a different matter when it’s WOMEN on the receiving end of MALE violence, whether that violence is physical or verbal. We’re only slightly over half the world’s population, so we don’t count.