reflections of a an Atesot cultural anthropologist
“As it is used in biology, sex uses the nature of one’s sexual organ as it is assigned either to be female or to be male. One rarely changes their sex, as in one rarely changes the form of one’s sexual organ. And so, unlike the substance of gender, world over, the substance of sex… Continue reading Subconscious of Gender-Based Violence
I identify as Atesot, Ugandan, African , Woman who is subscribes to the following feminist ideologies: Black Womanist, Africana Womanism, Post-colonial and Transnational.
The argument of equality implies that I should pay the same price 1 kg of beans as I do for I kg of peas and we know that this is not realistic. Even from a perspective of intrinsic value the two commodities are inherently different.
And these deep rooted negative perceptions of women are not necessarily endogenous to African-Ugandan cultures, but have evolved with the global-western modernisation neoliberal school of thought.
Nearly one year ago, I wrote a post on Linkedin titled: “Uganda is Notorious Once More”, in which I shared my discomfort as follows: What with DR STELLA NYANZI catapulting Uganda back to our status of that notorious country. Good God! I dread the next time I participate in international fora, and it is going… Continue reading Right to Freedom and Right to Abuse
