"First, I cannot help but wonder if this explains the disconnect between Bla...

 

 

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"First, I cannot help but wonder if this explains the disconnect between Black women and our bodies –..."

via Liquor&Spice on 9/17/10

"First, I cannot help but wonder if this explains the disconnect between Black women and our bodies – the fact that a large number of us went out of our way to stop paying attention to our bodies because we were too busy trying to make ourselves less appealing to harassers. Furthermore, I notice that there's a lot of discouragement during the ages where young girls are supposed to be learning about and understanding their bodies… to do exactly that. I wonder if we are, in a roundabout way, encouraging harmful behavior in our daughters because we are trying to discourage male attention… and beyond that, sexual harassment and assault?"

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Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, & Weight Gain: Facing Facts | A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss (via guerrillamamamedicine)

this resonates with this here non-Black woc too…

 

 

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