Violence Epidemy

It's the second time this week that I come to read and hear that 1 in 3 women are beaten or violated around the world. That's an incredible proportion!! What's it hidden behind this fact? Why so much gender hate? Where are the vestiges of ancient civilizations where women and their feminine attributes were honored because of their capabilities to bring life?

I kept thinking and thinking on this amazing numbers, I could not believe that the range was so vast… I thought that if the number of people suffering this kind of abuses was so large, I should know a lot of cases. So I started thinking on my surroundings. I tried to recall the people I knew from whom I've heard stories of rape and violence (mental and physical violence), and the result was terrifying, 1 of each 4 women I knew had told me about a violent or abusive story.

I was angry at the injustice of this reality and at myself, for not having realized earlier its enormous impact. For thinning that a “group hug” or some words of consolation might mitigate this fact. Angry for not had being conscious of the magnitude.

I suppose this is the first step for change. See it, grave it and change it. My home country as much as other macho-societies needs to bring this to a public and honest dialogue where specially women but also men can share openly this tragic stories and bring light upon this dark of abusive anonymity.

In sharing this stories is where the end of this chain is, because being informed is a step to being conscious. Hearing and sharing the horror of the victims is our contribution to never let their stories repeat again.