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Tobi Igbinedion Co-founder @ TwoCents Lagos 1 year, 1 month ago
<p>I was telling a friend the other day that Women in different spheres are portrayed as sex symbols and I'm not sure if a good number even realize it yet.</p><p>A major culprit - the Fashion industry.</p><p>I don't think in the direction of blaming a women's dressing when there's an incident of Molestation. I rather say..."Women, resist the narrative being thrown at you by the World", the Fashion world wants to "sexualize" women, women can say NO!</p>
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Tobi Igbinedion Co-founder @ TwoCents Lagos, Nigeria 1 year, 1 month ago

3/3.

women too though. That's why one thing I want to see, is that women themselves consciously push back on the subtle narrative the fashion world projects at them/projects them as.

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Tobi Igbinedion Co-founder @ TwoCents Lagos, Nigeria 1 year, 1 month ago

2/3 habit that this would help fuel. He might not vent his fueled lust on you, might be someone more vulnerable to him.

A young boy of 17 gets exposed to porn, he also sees girls wear exposed tops, tight and skimpy skirts and all he can do is imagine. He might not have access to that "aunty", maybe a younger cousin. Iono.

I participated in an EI class one time tagged Understanding the Abuser. It's basically to trace cause and effects.

Anyways men also need reorientations about how we see..

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Tobi Igbinedion Co-founder @ TwoCents Lagos, Nigeria 1 year, 1 month ago

1/3 To be honest with you @thatdarkwriter , I have started to feel there's a subtle consent.

I remember a friend and I were to go out one day, I told her she could wear something better, she said she was comfortable with it. I then said, but at times you consider others, wearing this would just someone staring and lusting. She replied that it's their business, they should remove their eyes and look else where.

But really, how I thought about it was, you don't know who is struggling with an...

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Thatdarkwriter Freelancer @ Lagos State University Lagos, Nigeria 1 year, 1 month ago

When we think of it that way, you're actually right.Most ↗ girls now believe that they cannot slay if they don't follow the "trend",not minding if they're comfortable or not.

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