Women's Studies 2283F/G Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Rebecca Walker, Third-Wave Feminism, Safe Sex
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Lost her v at 11 to neighbor kevin. Forces like hiv/aids, limited access to healthcare, and parental notification laws that force women to seek out illegal and sometimes fatal abortions are all forces that subvert girls" access to freeing and empowering sex. Judgements like right and wrong build barriers between people and encourage shame. If you are a girl, sex marks you . Sex is far more extensive and starts earlier than what people think. Sex can look like love if you don"t know what love looks like . Sex can = power because knowledge = power: as a girl you can make it do different things, i can give it to you, and i can take it away. She changed who she was based on the desires of different men: when bryan said i was too black, i straightened my hair. When ray said i was too young, i added 4 years.