If you need help
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Browsing safely
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A small glossary
Words give us the power to name what is happening. Here are a few we use often.
Patriarchy
A social system in which men hold most of the power, in the family, in politics and in the economy, and in which that imbalance is treated as natural.
Consent
A free, informed and clear “yes” that can be taken back at any time. Silence, pressure or fear are not consent.
Gender-based violence
Harm done to someone because of their gender. It can be physical, sexual, psychological or economic, and it includes forced marriage and so-called “honour” violence.
Bodily autonomy
The right to make decisions about your own body, health and future without coercion.
Intersectionality
The idea that different forms of discrimination, because of gender, class, religion, ethnicity or disability, overlap and shape each person’s experience differently.
Emotional labour
The unseen work of managing everyone’s feelings, keeping the peace and remembering everything, which is so often expected of women and so rarely recognised.
Books to start with
- We Should All Be Feminists: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Feminism Is for Everybody: bell hooks
- The Hidden Face of Eve: Nawal El Saadawi
- Beyond the Veil: Fatema Mernissi
- A Room of One’s Own: Virginia Woolf
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