TRAUMA
not a personal failing is
THE CYCLE CAN END WITH YOU
n this season of working hard to bring about gender equality, there exists a natural focus on women and girls. This is as it should be, and I am also of the view that social problems cannot be effectively resolved if half the population is left behind. With this in mind, I cannot ignore the suffering experienced by men and boys whose lives have been impacted, often unknowingly, by the child sexual abuse and rape that is rampant in our country. Patriarchy has provided some enormous benefits to men, and this cannot be argued. It is simultaneously true that patriarchy has damaged everyone, men included. I
TRACEY LEE KOTZEN
November 2023 | Collective Action Magazine
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