All too frequently liberation goes unaccompanied by liberty.
So Gove went to Cabinet empty-handed, and Ken Clarke's tea went unaccompanied.
They are not allowed to go anywhere unaccompanied.
The reality is, they cause harm; and their accumulation can make women feel wary in public and even "choose" not to go places unaccompanied.
Beyond Halley's perimeter stretches the vast "empty canvas" on which Francis hopes to "unravel" his thoughts, but he cannot go there unaccompanied.
The report describes how women who go about unaccompanied or are in the company of a man who is neither their husband nor a close relative risk being arrested on suspicion of prostitution.
"For adult women like me, our houses had become our prisons because the Taliban said we could not go outside unaccompanied by a male relative," said Shahnaz Rasuol, 27, who on Wednesday applied for the medical college of Kabul University.
In addition, since daughters are strictly supervised and often not allowed to go out unaccompanied, they spend more time at home and are less distracted from their schoolwork.
We were never allowed to go anywhere unaccompanied.
