Strong girls

All these stories, shared bravely by the stars of the American box office, helped uncover injustice, but they also brought us back to the old ways of talking about what it means to be a woman. Last year's victory of feminists, on the one hand, developed our discourse, on the other - returned us to the narrative of impotence, from which we seemed to have already disposed of.

Of course, denouncing the prevalence of violence and harassment is a revolutionary step, especially when it becomes massive. However, it also brings us back to the old definition of what it means to be a woman. This story of women as disreputable objects should not determine their position - a woman is able to dispose of her own body. Of course, victimization and leadership do not exclude each other. In fact, many of the greatest leaders knew what it's like to be a victim. But the power should not only have stories about how women became victims of powerful men.

In a sense, all revolutions are led by the victims. To overthrow the authorities, those who do not have it are needed. But it is also important to remember that the stories of victims of sexual violence have long been associated with the voices of women in public space. In fact, this is the only thing that society can hear. The historian Mary Beard does not own the first, but perhaps the loudest, voice, saying that for millennia, women craved power to condemn the torments that they brought men and their genitals. Rape of the ancient Roman Lucretia became a popular way of European art from Shakespeare to Titian. According to ancient history, this daughter of the consul rejected the royal son of Sextus. And he raped her, after which she committed suicide in front of her husband.