TW: rape, assault, abuse
Let's start at the beginning, last Saturday a 21F was gang raped at a party during lockdown, she got tested and 5 monsters were detained
Let's start at the beginning, last Saturday a 21F was gang raped at a party during lockdown, she got tested and 5 monsters were detained
Sadly, here in Peru, rape and assault towards women is extremely common, afab individuals, women and female presenting people live in constant fear for their lifes, very few laws protect peruvian women from abusive relationships, rape and assault.
have some numbers:
have some numbers:
Now, back to the 21yo,you'd think the trial would go smoothly right? Well in defense one of the rapists, LAWYER Paul Muñoz decided to blame the victim with this awful statement, to be clear he used "social life" as a subtle way of saying "this is a slut that only knows parties":
After this, the hashtags #megustalavidasocial (I enjoy social life) and #PeruPaisDeVioladores (PerĂș rapist country) were born, and women in Peru stand in sorority with the victim, an effort is being made to teach respect, consent and basic human decency to a country than has none
Sadly this country has awful people so under EVERY news article covering the case, comments like this were found
TW: RAPE, UNDERAGE
(This are some of the most disgusting men I've ever encountered, please be aware before reading that most didn't get proper education)
TW: RAPE, UNDERAGE
(This are some of the most disgusting men I've ever encountered, please be aware before reading that most didn't get proper education)
Peru is suffering a women's rights crisis, I hope to bring awareness to this reality since this is a situation lived by most afab in LatinAmerica, countries like Mexico and Argentina join in the #NiUnaMenos
movement for this same reason.
rape leads to a bigger issue: FEMINICIDE

rape leads to a bigger issue: FEMINICIDE
Now, what y'all English speaking community can do to help:
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SPREAD THE WORD
an issue like this needs to be known, LA is a danger zone for women
-SIGN AND DONATE
Here there's a list of nonprofits and petitions to help peruvian women in disadvantage: https://linktr.ee/samix
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-SIGN AND DONATE
Here there's a list of nonprofits and petitions to help peruvian women in disadvantage: https://linktr.ee/samix
I really hope that, this once, the power and support found in twitter reaches the Hispanic community, over a 100 peruvian women have died this year because of gender violence. It's time the world knows