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· 1 min read · Gender-Based Violence
Dear Professor, I Am Still in School Growing up, I always had a body that was more developed than most girls my age. I got my first period when I was 9 years old, and instead of learning that it was something normal, I was bullied by my male classmates. My teacher saw it happen many times but never said a word. I remember feeling ashamed every time I got my…
· 1 min read · Sexual Harassment
I first began to realize that being a girl came with different treatment when I entered my teenage years. I was expected to wear longer skirts because people believed that wearing shorter ones could cause boys or grown men to see me…
