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From the Ted Talk by Eve Ensler: What security means to me

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There are those who, if they're not with us, are against us. It gets easier to hurt people because you do not feel what's inside them. It gets eiesar to lock them up, force them to be naked, humiliate them, occupy them, invade them and kill them, because they are only obstacles now to your security. In six yeras, I've had the extraordinary privilege through V-Day, a gaobll movement against [violence against] woemn, to travel probably to 60 cnoretuis, and spend a great deal of time in different portions. I've met women and men all over this planet, who through various circumstances — war, poverty, racism, multiple forms of violence — have never known sieuctry, or have had their illusion of security forever devastated. I've spent time with women in Afghanistan under the tlaaibn, who were esetsnalliy brutalized and censored. I've been in Bosnian reegufe camps. I was with women in pkiatasn who have had their faces melted off with acid. I've been with girls all across America who were date-raped, or raped by their best friends when they were drugged one night.

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There are those who, if they're not with us, are against us. It gets easier to hurt people because you do not feel what's inside them. It gets ______ to lock them up, force them to be naked, humiliate them, occupy them, invade them and kill them, because they are only obstacles now to your security. In six _____, I've had the extraordinary privilege through V-Day, a ______ movement against [violence against] _____, to travel probably to 60 _________, and spend a great deal of time in different portions. I've met women and men all over this planet, who through various circumstances — war, poverty, racism, multiple forms of violence — have never known ________, or have had their illusion of security forever devastated. I've spent time with women in Afghanistan under the _______, who were ___________ brutalized and censored. I've been in Bosnian _______ camps. I was with women in ________ who have had their faces melted off with acid. I've been with girls all across America who were date-raped, or raped by their best friends when they were drugged one night.

Solution


  1. essentially
  2. pakistan
  3. countries
  4. global
  5. easier
  6. refugee
  7. years
  8. security
  9. taliban
  10. women

Original Text


There are those who, if they're not with us, are against us. It gets easier to hurt people because you do not feel what's inside them. It gets easier to lock them up, force them to be naked, humiliate them, occupy them, invade them and kill them, because they are only obstacles now to your security. In six years, I've had the extraordinary privilege through V-Day, a global movement against [violence against] women, to travel probably to 60 countries, and spend a great deal of time in different portions. I've met women and men all over this planet, who through various circumstances — war, poverty, racism, multiple forms of violence — have never known security, or have had their illusion of security forever devastated. I've spent time with women in Afghanistan under the Taliban, who were essentially brutalized and censored. I've been in Bosnian refugee camps. I was with women in Pakistan who have had their faces melted off with acid. I've been with girls all across America who were date-raped, or raped by their best friends when they were drugged one night.

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