Sexist language as structural violence
THE recent suicide of Swarnamoyee Biswas, a female journalist at the online media outlet Dhaka Stream, after accusing her section chief Altaf Shahnewaz of sexual harassment, has sparked a storm of outrage. Swarnamoyee worked there as a graphics designer. Her complaint against Altaf Shahnewaz, alleging sexual harassment and workplace bullying, was not...