Palesa Lebitse

Palesa Lebitse is a liberal feminist who regularly writes for the M&G.

The complexity of sexual consent

Article Palesa Lebitse - 7 Jun 2019

Patients often pay deference to their physicians and can be taken advantage of in the sanctity of consulting rooms

Men keep taking their lives

Article Palesa Lebitse - 5 Apr 2019

They don’t seek help for medical problems in general and when they suffer from depression, it can be fatal

Yes, men can be harassed too

Article Palesa Lebitse - 8 Feb 2019

The issue of abuse of power, contrary to how it is often tackled, is not just about gender

Domestic abuse isn’t only by men

Article Palesa Lebitse - 2 Nov 2018

Women also abuse men, siblings abuse siblings, parents abuse children and it’s all bad

Sexual violation: Education institutions need a law of their own

Article Palesa Lebitse - 7 Sep 2018

Many students seem unaware of policies and lack the knowledge to name sexual violations as such

Women’s rights must include land rights

Article Palesa Lebitse - 9 Aug 2018

Women around the world tell a similar tale of tilling the land and producing food but being denied secure rights to land

Underage, marginalised, married

Article Palesa Lebitse - 22 Jun 2018

The phenomenon of child brides amounts to state-sanctioned statutory rape

Figureheads won’t help women

Article Palesa Lebitse - 11 May 2018

It takes political mobilisation, education, laws and economic opportunities

We need our foreign doctors

Article Palesa Lebitse - 6 Apr 2018

Yet these skilled professionals are discriminated against by their colleagues

It’s not just a woman thing

Article Palesa Lebitse - 23 Mar 2018

Postpartum depression in men is real and it may be linked to testosterone levels

Trans people have regrets too

Article Palesa Lebitse - 23 Feb 2018

The uproar over research about those who rue having a surgical transition obscures real issues

Rape myths inflict more harm on victims

Article Palesa Lebitse - 5 Jan 2018

Sexual assault survivors are silenced by societal prejudice, lack of support from their community or family, secondary trauma and rape myths.

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