I have always lived under patriarchy and misogyny, and the impacts of this are why I arrived at social justice work a few years later.
Now, as a gender equality activist with a visible profile, the impacts are harder to deal with and overcome. They are why I found myself barefoot in my neighbour’s garden. Death threats, rape threats, stalking and harassment have deeply affected me. For a long time, I thought I was someone who could handle it. That I'd be able to compartmentalise in a way that trauma wouldn’t affect me.
