Anti-patriarchy vaccine needed
April 7, 2021
Recently, I came across the story of Sara (Saartjie) Baartman. Her life and death provide a stark reminder of the power and outreach of the patriarchy, even today.
Born in South Africa, Sara was sold into slavery before being trafficked to Europe in the early 19th century. Once there, she became part of a freak show popular with British and French high society, which leered over her body shape. Even her death in Paris in 1815 at 26 years of age proved insufficient to end the humiliation. For the Musée de l’Homme (Museum of Man), in the French capital, publicly displayed Sara’s body parts until 1974.
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