Every woman deserves to live freely. Sadly, in the real
world, many still face the realities of abuse. The abuse ranges from physical
abuse to sexual ones to verbal and emotional abuse—they all come in different
forms. 80% of women are still subjected to abuse worldwide.
Why is that so? We don’t have a language of boundaries, of
saying no, of disappointing people with avoidance or declining to engage
instead of engaging in a conversation we know will be toxic. We don’t ever say,
“I don’t want to talk about that” or “You can’t speak to me that way.”
