Misogyny is in a smirk, a meme or in violence

Misogyny is in a smirk, a meme or in violence

Every year, when 9 August rolls around, we parade Women’s Day like a trophy. We are reminded of 1956, when thousands, including Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Sophia Williams and Rahima Moosa, confronted the apartheid status quo of racial discrimination and female oppression. We are reminded to be awed by those women who challenged injustice, but not so inspired to become them.  This Women’s Day, we need to reflect on how the echoes of miso­gyny a…