Angry protestors in Spain on Sunday shouted and threw mud at King Felipe VI, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Carlos Mazón, the regional president of Valencia, in the aftermath of deadly flooding. https://t.co/M1g9tkUU77
Tense scenes as locals throw mud towards Spain's King Felipe as he visits flood-ravaged Paiporta, Valencia.
Security officials held up umbrellas for the for the royals and officials to project them from the flying objects, while the crowd yelled insults such as "murderers!".
A soldier, a nurse, a lorry driver, a builder, a baker… these are just some of the men accused of the rape and assault of Gisèle Pelicot. By labelling rapists as “monsters,” we actively distance them from ordinary men, ignoring the reality that sexual violence against women is a deliberate choice made by countless men who walk all parts of our society.
Such labels prevent us from confronting the truth this trial now holds up to the world: that many men walk freely in our communities, appearing trusted and safe, yet actively choose to commit acts of violence against women and girls…
Many of the men accused in this trial have attempted to normalise their acts of sexual violence by framing their behaviour as a misunderstanding of consent, and even a reaction to personal struggles. These excuses do not mitigate their actions. Some of the men conceded they ‘should have left’ when they saw Gisèle Pelicot was unconscious, whilst others have been more explicit in their views towards women earlier in life, “I had a hatred towards women.”
This normalisation by these men of their violent behaviours creates a disturbing disparity, minimising the seriousness of their crimes and shifting focus away from the harm of the victim. One of the men accused went as far to state he was ‘was simply following her husband’s instructions,’ going as far to directly tell Gisèle Pelicot in court:
“It’s not me you should be angry with, it’s your husband,”
This is an abhorrent case. Yet, it is an incredible survivor, Gisèle Pelicot, who in choosing to waive her anonymity now holds these ‘ordinary’ men up to the world, to show the full extent of the crimes. To stare down that the men who committed these acts were characters who occupied the community in her life, even ones she unwittingly greeted in her everyday life:
“I saw him now and then in the bakery; I would say hello. I never thought he’d come and rape me,”
- Gisèle Pelicot
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🇫🇷A la 35a jornada del judici #Pélicot, avui la #GisèlePélicot ha pogut de nou pujar a l'estrada per reaccionar davant de totes les atrocitats i excuses que ha hagut de sentir per part dels 51 acusats de violació per #SubmissióQuímica i ara en defugen la responsabilitat. FIL🧵
📢 L'#Oncopíndola del mes de maig ja està aquí!
➡️ La Dra. Meritxell Mollà, cap de Servei d'oncologia Radioteràpica de l'Hospital Clínic de Barcelona explica com la Radioteràpia és una eina fonamental en el tractament integral del càncer.
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⚠️ TRES ANYS DE PRESÓ per a l'Andreu de #Premià per les protestes pro-PABLO HASEL!
❌La sentència implicaria PRESÓ si un recurs no ho esmena. L'Amnistia NO l'inclouria!
🤬El tribunal fa mofa i recorda que pot demanar l'indult.
⚠️Dissabte 18 acte de suport a ARENYS DE MAR⤵️
🏥 El #CLÍNIC inaugura el centre d'Oncologia Radioteràpica a Granollers.
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Que no és el futbol. Que no ens escolteu ni tant sols en moments com avui quan us diem que NO ÉS EL FUTBOL, ÉS A TOT ARREU. A TOT ARREU. FINS I TOT EN ESPAIS FEMINISTES ON HI HA HOMES INTENTANT MANIPULAR LES DONES PER A AGREDIR-LES I TENIR EXCUSES.