Between the 1500s and 1700s, women in Britain, Germany, and Scotland were punished with the Scold’s Bridle—a cruel iron mask that locked around their head, pressed down or pierced their tongue, and forced them into public humiliation. Women labeled as “too talkative” or “disrespectful” were chained, paraded through the streets, and ridiculed.
This wasn’t just about keeping someone quiet—it was a tool of patriarchal control, designed to punish women who dared to speak, stand up, or defy male authority. Some masks even had bells so everyone could hear their arrival, turning their suffering into a spectacle.
Today, surviving bridles in museums remind us how far societies went to silence women and why fighting misogyny and patriarchal control is still necessary.
Out of ten men, one makes a sexual joke at a woman, two laugh, three fake a chuckle to fit in, and four stay silent. None of them speak up. Later, nine of them still believe they're the "good guys." But from the woman's perspective, the laughter, the silence, the looking away, it all creates the same environment. So when women say"most men are the same," this is what they mean: not that every man harasses women, but that most men help protect the system that does.
Продовжую збирати на автівку під Гуляйполе. Вона для партизана з Херсона, який був в російському полоні і третій рік воює.
Дякую за донат. Це дуже важливо.
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Ніколи не звикну ні до їхньої жорстокості, ні до дикості.
Подружжя Клочкових намагалося втекти з окупованого села Грабовське на Сумщині. Валерій тягнув свою дружину Валентину на санчатах. Вони пройшли так 7 км.
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