'I rage and I don't care': Why women are reclaiming their anger

Chess Galea, a music artist, explains that she used to hide her anger because she feared being called hysterical or difficult. She says women often accept a mental load, sexism, and even violence without speaking up. Now she openly expresses her anger, for example by raging when someone catcalls her in the street.

Music artist Chess Galea used to suppress any feelings of anger, fearing she would be branded as "hysterical" or "difficult to work with". From the "mental load" women carry to sexism in the workplace or - worse - violence against women, Galea says "we don't realise how much we accept and how much we close our mouths". But now she says she simply lets it out: "If someone catcalls me in the street, I rage.

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