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• Language (Patriarchy, family, feminism)

  Language: a feminist guide — We need to talk about rape

  25 October 2019, by CAMERON Deborah

  Language can make rape disappear. We need to talk about the word ‘rape’: how it’s used, when it’s avoided, and how that both reflects and contributes to a culture of impunity and injustice.
  When is a rape not a rape? The answer, apparently, is ‘most of the time’ . Of more than 58,000 rapes (…)

• Language (Patriarchy, family, feminism)

  In Pakistan and elsewhere: Mind your language, gentlemen

  8 July 2014, by SIRMED Marvi

  This article (titled “Mind your language, gentlemen”) originally carried words that The Nation’s [Pakistan] editorial policy did not allow, which I completely understand. The words, therefore, had to be edited. The unedited, original article can be read here.
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