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Tag: Notes on the patriarchy

‘Close your Legs’ and the Politics of Taking up Space

March 3, 2019April 14, 2019 Holly HughesLeave a comment

'Close your legs' is a fundamental mantra underpinning our first awareness of gendered identity, the very idea of 'femaleness'. This piece explores the message of this mantra from sexualisation to suppression.

Posted in Notes on the patriarchyTagged empowerment, feminism, gender equality, Notes on the patriarchy, patriarchy
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