When Secrets Become Stories

She was asking for it.She should have known better.Bekezela (persevere), she was told.It's because I love you, he said.It's not that bad, she told herself.In sharing their experiences from girlhood to the boardroom, from Cape Town's suburbs to the hills of KwaZulu- Natal, women from different walks of life show how chillingly common male violence against women is. Together, their voices form a deafening chorus.Gender-based violence feeds on shame and silence but in this extraordinary collection,