What Rape Culture and Modesty Culture Have In Common

“As soon as a woman falls outside the standards of what is perceived as modest, those advocating modesty culture immediately join rape culture.”

To My Past — I Wouldn’t Be Who I Am Today Without You

“However critical I am of those in my past who attempted to control my life, I must also always be grateful to them. They gave me early experiences which formed my current worldview. They gave me tools with which I was able to break out of the prisons they constructed around me and then build my own life, a life which looks nothing like they want it to but a life which I inhabit very happily.”