Lockdown Trapped Women In Violent Relationships. Their Abusers Might Kill Them When It Ends
By Aasma Day | 06/01/2020 11:11 am ET Domestic abuse campaigners have warned women could die if abusive men lash out as coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Get the latest on coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more. “I feel guilty for not being stronger sooner. I’m exhausted and I just want a way out.” Nicola had reached the end of her patience with her boyfriend before the coronavirus lockdown began and had made preparations to leave him. But then the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and the lockdown restrictions forced
What Does It Mean to Be a Woman?
What does it mean to be a woman? When this question first popped into my head, I Googled it like a good Generation Y-er. The results were less than disappointing: a few intermittent blogs from singular perspectives and online articles discussing stereotypes, hormones, psychology or biology. How is it that such a powerful, intricate and varied group of people were condensed into such sterile categories with little to no mention of what lies beneath these things? I had stumbled across a question that had no definitive answer; a question that I realized is nearly absent from our current world