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#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt – Reaction and Results

A recent online campaign advocating open public discussions of sexual abuse attracted tens of thousands of participants, aroused lots of emotions, and created even more controversies. What did the campaign achieve? How can we evaluate people’s reaction to it? Can a campaign like #iamnotafraidtosayit help solve the problem of gender violence?

In my previous post about #iamnotafraidtosayit (#янебоюсьсказати), I shared reasons why I supported the campaign and told my personal story. 

In this article, I want to analyze reaction to the campaign by reviewing some comments I personally came across. They don’t represent a whole spectrum of responses by any means, but they represent common opinions, in my view.

Every public action like #iamnotafraidtosayit is a test for a society. From a big picture perspective what happened was Continue reading “#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt – Reaction and Results”