Women: Violently Silenced

In the first of a series addressing this important issue, writer and educator Tina Rocchio talks to mindhamok's clinical director Phil Georgiou about the daily occurrence of gender-based aggression that is manifested through denial, dismissal and what she describes as the hidden silencing of women at every level of society.Recommendations on what to read and watch - Pema Chodron, The Places that Scare You; Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Dear Idjeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (letter to her friend's daughter) and, before this one, We Should All Be Feminists; Mary Beard, Women and Power; On Being by Krista Tippett (John O'Donohue, Claudia Rankine, Mary Oliver)mindhamok, there for your social, physical and mental health as you explore your life. Find out more at www.mindhamok.com