This guy should be charged with inciting violence btw. He spewed nonsensical laws that were, first, unconstitutional and hateful as well. The least they can do is fire him.
Y’all play dangerous games in the name of being politically correct. Why are we asking for a dress code, what if they actually give us a dress code, what’s next?
Last time I called this woman irrelevant to argue with a minister mungira umusazi. Ibya professionalism byo tube tubiretse the lack of manners is insane aba nibo kandi ngo b upholding umuco ntaburere nabucye bigirira.
The videos circulating are horrifying and heartbreaking. But what terrifies me most are the women who aren’t being recorded m, the ones behind closed doors, with no witnesses or evidence of what’s being done to them.
We are all products of our society. Some women feel unfairly treated by society standards, some understand the impact of harmful gender norms on all and fight them everyday.
Some, like you Lydie, are the gatekeepers of the oppressive system. It doesn’t help you or other women.
You will be damned to think that the oppressors care about you and what you have to say because you cover your legs and are harsh with those who don’t. You may be invited to seat at their table, but to them, you are still a woman and you should know your place. Stay guided.
Unfortunately, the knife you use to cut her power to decide about her body, the same knife will be used or is used on you in many other aspects. Women don’t win by holding the oppressor’s hand. However much you might want him to like you, or to choose you.
It is not women/girls responsibility to manage boys or men’s feelings or emotions. By saying that someone is trying to blind them is removing their sense of accountability by saying that whatever boys/ men do, there must be a woman/girl to blame.
You may think it funny that a woman’s complaint is about her decision to wear a short dress or shorts. But the same choice will be taken away if she wants to get into a career you don’t agree with. The same choice will be taken away in her home, with big or small decisions.
You can write a PhD thesis about algorithms, capitalism and cultural identity, but none of it answers the simplest question: why should a police officer have the authority to decide whether a woman is dressed “appropriately”? Criticise the culture. Don’t criminalise the person.
"Why is the female body so commodified" still puts the spotlight on her, not the men mistreating her. And treating women's choices as scripts to decode assumes they have no agency. Maybe she just likes the dress. Respect that.
The testimonies I read on IG are genuinely scaring me.The enabling + literal endorsement of rape culture is frightening.The confidence w/ which random ass men(motard,construction worker,a man at the saloon)are making disgusting comments,made me realise we’re seriously in danger.
The result of policing what women wear has given men the freedom to express their misogynistic and objectifying views with so much confidence! The testimonies of agression and discomfort women experienced this weekend is disheartening. What is the desired outcome of this again?
As RNP keeps gaslighting us and government officials keep ignoring us, I can only imagine what police officers and men are doing to women in deeply rural areas, whose stories lack footages and are likely not going to make it here on the internet.