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Originally Posted by Kunjufu
To use a now popular title, maybe THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH IS:
That a significant minority of women have to take a long hard look at themselves and question their part in the objectification of women and the wider effects of what their actions have on the young and other women... In terms of culture we call out AFRICANS who sell out and degrade our culture where is that reciprocal approach within a female perspective?
Unless a significant minority of women step up and demonstrate some real leadership and challenge this current culture that appears to demand that women are defined a) by a man, b) if you got a man & c) how far one can skin out to get a man.. then i suspect this apparent increase in male violence will not abate...
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I completely agree. And I think the bolded part is definetly one of the reasons why many women don't start running for the hills the minute that their man starts being abusive to them. Despite our so called independence we still continue to be judged and valued based on whether or not we've got a man. And instead of challenging these views, often times, the people who are defining women by these standards are other women. We have a long way to go as many people have yet to shed the image of the single woman as a pathetic, lonely, pititful spinster.