Terrible news about femicides and a sketch/ Terrible noticias sobre femicidios, y un dibujo. by Alejandra Her

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Comic selfportrait. Color sketch and digital intervention. By Alejandra Her

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This morning, while I was having coffee to go to the office, I saw in the news that 10 femicides have been reported in Venezuela so far this year. In just 20 days, 10 women have been murdered on grounds of hate. In one of these cases, the murderer also claimed the life of his stepson. It is clear that chauvinism does not only affect women, we are not the only victims.

The Organic Law for the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence defines femicide as: “the extreme form of gender violence, caused by hatred or disregard for her status as a woman, which degenerates into her death, produced both in the public and private sphere ”.

The news caused me perplexity, indignation, sadness. However, it didn't scare me.

Every day we face verbal abuse that classifies as compliments, physical abuse that goes from the intentional rubbing of genitals for a few seconds, masturbation and ejaculation on our clothes in public places like the subway, to rape and death.

I believe in feminism as a philosophy, and I believe that those who consider feminism as the opposite of chauvinism are only victims of a discourse infused by those who wish to retain their power with this system.

If women's rights are not your struggle, don't criticize us or hinder our rights claim, just let us fight.

Future is female.


Versión en español

Esta mañana, mientras me tomaba un café para ir a la oficina, vi en las noticias que en lo que va de año han sido reportados 10 femicidios en Venezuela. En tan sólo 20 días, 10 mujeres (que se sepa) han sido asesinadas por motivos de odio. En uno de estos casos, el asesino también cobró la vida de su hijastro. Es evidente que el machismo no nos afecta sólo a las mujeres, no somos las únicas víctimas.

La Ley Orgánica por el Derecho de las Mujeres a una Vida libre de Violencia define el femicidio como: “la forma extrema de violencia de género, causada por odio o desprecio a su condición de mujer, que degenera en su muerte, producidas tanto en el ámbito público como privado”.

La noticia me causó perplejidad, indignación, tristeza. Sin embargo, no me causó miedo.

Diariamente enfrentamos maltratos verbales que catalogan como piropos, abusos físicos que van desde el roce intencional de genitales durante pocos segundos, masturbación y eyaculación sobre nuestras ropas en lugares públicos como el metro, hasta la violación y la muerte.

Yo creo en el feminismo como filosofía, y creo que quienes consideran el feminismo como lo contrario al machismo son sólo víctimas de un discurso infundido por quienes desean conservar su poder con éste sistema.

Si los derechos de la mujer no son tu lucha, no nos critiques o entorpezcas nuestra reivindicación de derechos, simplemente déjanos luchar.

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