Under a golden ceiling full of painted naked women, the prize for standing up for secularity – the torso of bare breasted French national symbol Marianne – was given by and to mostly men,
and then finally; the great International Secularity Prize 2017 goes to Inna Shevchenko, leader of Femen International; and we balanced up the stage with women.
Secularity and Feminism is always interconnected as patriarchy’s father is religion; religions of male masters, preachers and lords who deny women equal rights and freedom to decide over our own bodies.
Speech by Inna Shevchenko upon receiving France’s 2017 Secularism Award (Prix de la Laïcité) — with standing ovation!
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.