Daily Dose: 31

Feminism in 3D: Defy, Disobey, Disrupt

Logo: Sheyam Ghieth

In the hope that men won’t hiss obsceneties at us or worse and that their hands respect the boundaries of our bodies, we plead, “What if I were your wife, sister, or daughter?” Always the focus is on the woman, the object of the obscenities and assaults. Does she not deserve safe passage in public and private space unless she is identified by her relationship to a man? We should instead be exposing and shaming the boys and men who would deny us that safety, and we should ask, “What if he were your husband, brother, or son?” The people who make our lives hell are men we know, men we are related to, and they should be the object of scrutiny instead of us.