“I believe at the heart of any revolution for social justice and human dignity are consent and agency, the unequivocal belief that I own my body - not the state, not the church/mosque/temple, not the street and not the family.”

Meaning

This reads as an argument that freedom begins with self-ownership. Mona Eltahawy points to consent and agency as the core of social justice, so the line can be taken to mean that dignity depends on the right to decide over one’s own body without pressure from institutions or family. It lands in conversations about control, sexuality, and bodily autonomy.

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Originally said in English.

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