The furies, three women and their fight for justice, Elizabeth Flock
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The furies, three women and their fight for justice, Elizabeth Flock
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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non fiction
Main title
The furies
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Elizabeth Flock
Sub title
three women and their fight for justice
Summary
Brittany Smith, a young woman from Stevenson, Alabama, killed a man she said raped her in her own home, but was denied the protection of a self-defense argument; Angoori Dahariya led a gang in Uttar Pradesh, India, dedicated to avenging victims of domestic abuse; and Cicek Mustafa Zibo fought in a thousands-strong all-female militia that battled ISIS in Syria. Each woman has been criticised for their actions by those who believe that violence is never the answer; yet each has transmuted a story of disempowerment into a story of resistance. In luminous prose, award-winning journalist Elizabeth Flock asks searching questions about cultures in which violence seems like the only means of survival, when deeply ingrained ideas about masculinity and women have helped breed the violence that women face. The novelistic accounts of these three women offer profound insights into the quest for understanding what a society in which women have real power might look like
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