the family, political and economic arrangements, and workplaces that encourage women to fit into systems that are ultimately disempowering. She also calls attention to the 'institutional scaffolding' that 'allows abuse to flourish' e.g. At once unblinking and subtle, she tackles the complexities of sexual violence head-on, rightly criticizing simplistic shibboleths and asking insightful questions such as whether the 'yes means yes and no means no' model adequately accounts for a woman who 'chooses' to be raped over being killed or a woman who 'gives in' to a man who holds power in her professional world. Novelist and rape survivor, Sohaila Abdulali calls for franker conversation about rape. We rarely say 'the rapist might be your father or brother or son'. When we talk about victims of rape, we say 'it could be your mother or sister or daughter'.
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