Why are women living alone always worried about their safety? Why do women have to bear so many hidden dangers when they go out alone? Why do women still face so many gender dilemmas and hidden biases in the family and workplace? In the past few years, Tong Yao, co-founder of "Girls Don't Be Afraid", has been committed to the popularization of women's safety science. These questions are always on her mind.
Fast forward to 2022, from school to family, from body to emotion, women are still facing the status of being stared at, hunted, and attacked. In the past month alone, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been exposed to counselors sexually assaulting students, and at present, the school has issued an announcement to give the counselors involved dismissal sanctions. At the same time, a domestic pornographic chat room and the industrial chain behind it were exposed, causing people's anger and shock. How is the sense of security in women's lives taken away step by step? At a time when gender equality has not yet arrived, how can women grow up and live with themselves in their daily lives?
Stills from the monologue drama "She Said".
From personal safety to psychological safety, from single to marriage in various security issues, this dialogue enriched our understanding of women's safety knowledge and solutions, and also let us reflect again on how to let women live free of fear, not only need the popularization of gender equality awareness, but also need structural institutional guarantees.
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Music for this issue
Always Together With You - Spiritualized
This Must Be the Place - Talking Heads
The title image is from the stills of the movie "Hummingbird".
The anchor of this issue | Qingqingzi, Zhang Ting, Xiao Shuyan
Text section author | Qingqingzi
Audio Clip | Zhang Wanqi
Edit | Qingqingzi and Luodong
Proofreading | Janin