When young girls can get 400,000 likes by doing a sexy selfie... we have to offer them another way of being. To dream of being female astronauts, engineers or presidents.
Maimouna DoucoureRead
When I was 10 and 11, my dream was to be a boy. I saw that there were so many injustices that women had to live with around me. I didn't want to have that; I wanted to have the freedom that little boys had.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a desire for freedom and equality, highlighting the injustices faced by women.
Maimouna Doucoure's quote reflects her childhood aspiration to be a boy as a means to escape the societal injustices experienced by women. It emphasizes how deeply ingrained gender inequality can impact a young person's perception of freedom and privilege, illustrating a powerful yearning for equality and the inherent struggles that come with living in a world dictated by gender norms.
In practice
Using this quote during a women's rights rally to highlight personal stories of gender inequality.
When young girls can get 400,000 likes by doing a sexy selfie... we have to offer them another way of being. To dream of being female astronauts, engineers or presidents.
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go.
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
I feel lucky that I found my talent, not unlucky that I was born with a disability. When I'm on a horse, I'm more worried about what the riding hat is doing to my hair than what my bent legs and arms are doing. What riding has given me is respect.
Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.
When we advocate for violence against women to be eliminated on campuses, we say, 'Well, actually, it's not just on campuses we have to worry about.' We might have to worry about high schools. We might have to worry about police precincts and cars. We might have to worry about public housing.
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