Chris Guillebeau The Art Of Non Conformity Analysis

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Women should come together in solidarity to fight against this demeaning term and crippling form of mind control. Because the sole objective of this term is to keep women in perpetual mental slavery. Isn’t it insidious that man is seen as a hero for embracing his sexuality but a woman is plummeted for doing the same? Chris Guillebeau in ‘the art of non-conformity’ talked about five monkeys that were kept in an open cage but if one of the monkeys tries to escape captivity for a better life others will drag her down and even beat her up till none of them had the courage to leave the cage. The story is a perfect illustration of what we are experiencing collective as women. When a woman refers to another as a slut, she tightens the mental chains

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