Becky Blab

Kelly shares an experience of sexual harrassment and culture-shock while living in Cairo:
It took a long time for me to process that culture shock–perhaps I am still–but one thing I know is this: The conversation is dynamic between an individual and her environment and just as it would be absolutely absurd to respond in a conversation [...]

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Listen to the song ‘Roses’ by Jo Freya here. What a beautiful way to transmit such a powerful message.
Heard it on Genvieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk BBC show from 31st August, you can still listen to the whole show until tomorrow.

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The BBC World Service show ‘World Have Your Say’ featured a segment on How should women react to sexual harassment? Listen here, it will be available for several more days.

Via Blank Noise.

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Via Feministing.

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On the Psychology Today blog there’s a post which highlights the difficulty of dealing with gender roles as a wife and mother:
The fact is that women in most countries are expected to be compassionate, nurturing, and to put their own needs aside on a regular basis. In most Third World countries, a woman’s primary job is considered to be [...]

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