Kenya: What I Said When Men Asked for My Opinion On Cancel Culture and Male Privilege

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The 13th day of September 2020 is the day that completely changed Eunice Wangari's life. She went to meet her date, Moses Gatama Njoroge, who she had met online, physically for the first time. She met him at his office and they had food and drinks. When they were done, she wanted to go home and that's where the terror began. He wanted more and he didn't care about her lack of consent. A physical scuffle ensued and he threw her off the 12th floor of the building. Luckily, because of the design of the building, she landed on the 9th floor but still suffered excruciating injuries. The matter is now in court.

The conversation came to light this past week when it was reported in the media and it became a national conversation. It's in this space that three radio presenters, Shaffie Weru, Joe Mfalme, and Neville Musya went on air and made light of the whole affair. The trio decided to create a brand manual for victim-blaming by making light of the incident on air. The fury of the online world soon followed and to everyone's utter shock, a major sponsor made a public statement suspending all advertising with the radio station and the chips came tumbling down.

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