It infects our world, it is an epidemic that needs to be stamped out, no country is immune from it, patriarchy, the virus spawned for the macho state model that at present rules the planet. Patriarchy is cloaked in the false legitimacy of tradition, culture and phony macho values, and where ever women stand up against this silent brutality, civilised men must stand with them. It is a vile problem for all of us who desire and struggle for a free and civilised world.
It is wonderful and encouraging to see such unified and open opposition to this silent and all too often, accepted violence. Thanks Loam for the link:
Source: @Professorsblogg on Twitter. In front of the Chilean Court of Justice –and even in front of a police station– a most strong message delivered by female protesters on brutal state-repression, disappearance of detainees, police rapes and judges' complicity. Here translation by The Indicter Channel of the original (in Spanish) chant:
The rapist is you.And our punishmentit's the violence you don't see.Patriarchy is a judgethat judges us for being born.And our punishmentit's the violence you see.It's femicide,impunity for the murderer.It is the disappearances [of detainees].It is the rape.And the fault was not mine,neither where I was,nor the way I dressed.And the fault was not mine,neither where I was,nor the way I dressed.The rapist was you.The rapist is you.They are, the cops.They are, the judges.The state.The President.The oppressive stateis a macho rapist.The oppressive stateis a macho rapist.The rapist is you.The rapist is you!
[Below, in quotes, a citation of the Carabineros (police force) anthem, shouted by the female demonstrators]:
"Sleep quiet innocent girlwithout worrying about the banditthat for your sweet and sinuous dreamwatch the policeman who loves you "
The rapist is you.The rapist is you!
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