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Can violence ever be justified?
'We need to dismantle the patriarchy' is a familiar feminist rallying cry, but Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes we should stop just saying it, and start actively defying and disrupting the patriarchy now, and with force if necessary. She joins us to talk about ‘optimal violence’ and her book, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.
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