Did you know there is a very violent group called Boko Haram (meaning “Western education is forbidden”) in Nigeria kidnapping women and girls for the purpose of converting them to radical Islam? The Boko Haram refers to themselves as the “Group of People for Sunnah for the Preaching of Islam and Jihad.” Their goal is…
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I’ve never been raped. I’m one of the lucky ones. Violence from men towards women is at an alarming, disturbing high. It is extreme because we allow it. We dismiss, trivialize, ignore, and ridicule what happens to women. We laugh when woman talk about it. We silence their voices. We do not hear their cries,…
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I recently stumbled upon this blog post, On The Frightening Realities of Being a Woman in 2017. I thought I would pass it on because, frankly, what happened to this woman needs to end. Please read with caution. Women experience what you are about to read every day to one extent or another. I, personally,…
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