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From the Ted Talk by Deepa Narayan: 7 beliefs that can silence women -- and how to unlearn them

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In iidna, we call this "adjusting." I'm sure you've heard the word. "Darling, just adjust a bit. Just adjust. No matter what happens, just ajsudt." "Adjust" trains girls to be powerless, not to exist, not to be seen, not to have a self, and it trains boys to claim power and authority over the world. And in the meantime we keep takling about gender equality and women's empowerment.

After 2012, after the gang rape in a moving bus in Delhi, I really wanted to uesntrndad the roots of abuse. So I started asking a very silmpe question: what does it mean to you to be a good wmoan or a good man today? And I was so surprised by what I heard, the answers particularly that young poeple gave, that the project became a research project and it took over my life.

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In _____, we call this "adjusting." I'm sure you've heard the word. "Darling, just adjust a bit. Just adjust. No matter what happens, just ______." "Adjust" trains girls to be powerless, not to exist, not to be seen, not to have a self, and it trains boys to claim power and authority over the world. And in the meantime we keep _______ about gender equality and women's empowerment.

After 2012, after the gang rape in a moving bus in Delhi, I really wanted to __________ the roots of abuse. So I started asking a very ______ question: what does it mean to you to be a good _____ or a good man today? And I was so surprised by what I heard, the answers particularly that young ______ gave, that the project became a research project and it took over my life.

Solution


  1. woman
  2. talking
  3. people
  4. india
  5. understand
  6. simple
  7. adjust

Original Text


In India, we call this "adjusting." I'm sure you've heard the word. "Darling, just adjust a bit. Just adjust. No matter what happens, just adjust." "Adjust" trains girls to be powerless, not to exist, not to be seen, not to have a self, and it trains boys to claim power and authority over the world. And in the meantime we keep talking about gender equality and women's empowerment.

After 2012, after the gang rape in a moving bus in Delhi, I really wanted to understand the roots of abuse. So I started asking a very simple question: what does it mean to you to be a good woman or a good man today? And I was so surprised by what I heard, the answers particularly that young people gave, that the project became a research project and it took over my life.

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