Three years ago, in the last year of my high school, a girl friend of mine casually remarked to me – “ Patriarchy has taken away the right to our own bodies too; even the slangs make it seem like a woman’s body is the origin of honour.” For a much less informed me, the insinuation that “harmless” slangs were in some way aiding and abetting the exploitation of women, came as a rude shock.
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