patriarchy
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Featured
International Literacy Day: 7 Ways to Understand Feminism in Local Context
Today, September 8, is International Literacy Day, which is usually about reading and writing. But literacy is more than the ability to recognise letters on a page. It is also about engaging with ideas, questioning…
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Featured
Are Wives Members of The Family?: A Legal Perspective
“At the end of the day, your wife is not your relative,” said a young man from Oshogbo. “My father taught me that if I ever get married and have kids, I should never forget…
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Opinion
Romanticising Submission Reinforces Patriarchy
The whole “I just want to be soft and submissive” thing isn’t happening in a vacuum. The problem isn’t that a woman expresses a preference for it. It’s that those words are not neutral. They…
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Patriarchy
What is Patriarchy? It is in the Details
My Grandmother and the Many Faces of Patriarchy My grandmother is one of the strongest women I know. Compared to people we think are the same age as hers, she can still stand well and…
