“Social and religious circumstances pushed them down. Their strength and will pushed them forward- and perhaps in these ways they were more similar to the mothers and grandmothers of Western feminists then is often acknowledged." Another one loaded with so much knowledge and wisdom, I don't even know where to start or the words to use. I just lived this little excerpt so much!” FeminismEmpowerment Book:Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement Source: Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
“No person should be subjected to this.' If a woman's value, a woman's autonomy, her right to be free from assault, is dependent on her relationships as a mother, wife, a sister or daughter to the men in her life, it means she is only a human as the strength of her relationships to the men around her-that women are only conditionally human." (pg.269)” Feminism Book:Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement Source: Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement