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Originally a blog for my 'bewildering' experiences as an international, it has since evolved into... something else. Though not entirely. The point is, when I say 'stupid foreigner', I only sometimes mean myself.
For the curious: left home (Philippines) for two and a half years in Italia (there was a time when I snobbily thought I was abbastanza Milanese); then went on to college in the grand ole US of A (East Coast). Currently I go back and forth between Rhode Island and Manila.
"[TW: rape, violence, and domestic violence]
There is a country where the leading cause of death of pregnant women is murder by a partner. In this same country, more than a million women were raped in 2008 and women are much more likely to live in poverty than men. Local laws don’t protect their right to bodily freedom and integrity; some rape laws even state that once a woman initially consents to sex, she doesn’t have the right to change her mind.
You may have caught on by now — yes, I’m talking about the United States.
"Jessica Valenti, in “Equality begins at home: U.S. lags pathetically behind other nations in some basic rights for women.” (via azelie)
(Source: thedailyfeed, via cosmopolitan-fascist)
so this is a thing. go on, try telling me that feminism is irrelevant.
and yet people still make excuses
A lot of states also still think that it isn’t possible for a man to rape his wife. So if a woman doesn’t want to but...