Genevieve
gave the perfect reply to a man who said she needs an education after she wrote
about sexual harassment on her Instagram page.
In her post, Genevieve
spoke about men sexually harassing women yet blaming the woman for bringing it
upon herself through her dressing. The actress then went on to point out that
Muslim women covered from head to toe also get harrassed and wondered what that
would be blamed on.
But a man felt her post was
too “feministic” and told her she needs an education.
See Genevieve’s post and
reply to the man below;
Sister
Oil on canvas
2018
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Recently I watched a video
where I saw a Muslim lady get groped by a man passing by. I mention the fact
that she is Muslim only to point out that she is completely covered from head
to toe. And i remember thinking to myself, how are they going to spin this on
her, surely she must have provoked this attack one way or the other. Since it’s
not the way she’s dressed perhaps is the way she stood, maybe it was a bit too
provocative, just a enough to drive the man over the edge, beyond his senses
such that he lost all control and touched her.
Society tends to use
dressing and religion to cover up the fact that touching a woman without her
consent is wrong. From my personal experience when I have certain places to go
to, I have to consider what I’m wearing because I’m afraid of being attacked
and even when covered up I’m not assured that I won’t be. As my cousin said to
me “Hide yourselves my fellow women less you breathe the wrong way and cause a
man to lose his senses, after all their control is held by very thin air”. It
saddens me what my sisters and I have to go through. Of course it’s our fault
for being women, that we were bestowed breasts by some nature. Our fault that
men are not taught from young to treat women with honor and respect and that
little girls are taught to be ashamed of their bodies.
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