Yonela, “The fact that men can’t be the abused and that women can’t be offenders is one myth I’ve heard.”

Vusi, “The biggest myth affecting gender-based violence is that violence is only physical. Anyone can be an abuser past the physical point. There is psychological and emotional violence that people need to be actually aware of.”

Apiwe Nojoko, 21, “The stereotype affecting gender-based violence I’ve heard of is that guys can’t be victims. Usually its women who get the attention and are looked at, while guys are forgotten and you’d find that the woman instigated the violence. So I think we should stop looking at it that way and realise that there’s different perspectives.”

Suzette Mather, 25, “That she deserved it! No-one deserves to be violated against especially cause of their gender; it can’t be the victims fault. I also feel that really everything is a myth coming to GBV especially in this country, like catcalling which seems like a norm which shouldn’t be.”

Phemelo Segoe, 22, “There’s a couple of rubbish I’ve heard such as men can’t be raped and how a woman dresses leads to sexual violence so women must take precautionary measures to make sure they don’t get raped.”

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