Ladies and Gentlemen,
Whistling at a woman while she walks down the street to the local grocery store is not a compliment.
Screaming things at us in the nature of, “nice legs,” “nice tits,” “smile!” Or, in Spanish, “mamacita,” “dame un beso” (give me a kiss)—not compliments. And, please, please, please, do not look at us from atop your awful, gas-wasting trucks with eyes that say, “If we were in a room alone, I’d have my way with you, whether you consent or not.”
Now, if I’m approached by someone and that someone says, “you look really nice today,” or, “I love your dress”—that’s a compliment. Thank you so much. Smile.
I usually respond to the “mamacita” or “nice legs” with the middle finger. But these young women from Mexico City gave me a way better idea—let’s combat sexual harassment on the streets with a toy gun filled with confetti and loud punk music.
The video—brought to you by AJ+ Español—is in Spanish, so I’ll translate for non-Spanish speakers:
Ana Káren: We’re walking down the street, when we are harassed…we run to that person’s car, we grab the confetti gun, we turn on the speakers and we sing, “Sexist Punk.”
Song: “What you just did to me is called harassment, if you do that to me, this is how I respond.”
Ana Beatriz: We have to respond, and if with that response we can encourage more women yo do it, that’s the ideal.
Ana Káren: We recommend you that it should be fun, so that you keep that sensation of violence that you just experience, and you can leave in peace and know that you can still have a great day.
Ana Beatriz: We definitely don’t believe that we are going to change the world. But we certainly know we have changed ours.
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2016.
Mexico has a horrible cultural record of sex against young girls. It’s accepted. The legal age of consent is 12 and most girls are sexually abused by the time they are 16, by family members.
“In the first quarter of 2014 allegations of sexual abuse against minors in Mexico increased 73 percent, compared to 2013, according to data from 24 states, according to research.”
“Luis García, from the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) explained that in 2012 five out of 10 children suffered some form of violence, and in 2013 the rate was seven out of 10. “What will happen when there are 10 out of 10?” question. The maelstrom of sexual violence against children has grown relentlessly in family and school environments, he warned. For experts, the lack of a national reporting on cases of violation of children is “a serious omission.””
http://www.latintimes.com/child-sex-abuse-mexico-increases-2014-study-finds-197398
AJ+ published in English as well 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ze4AH_5kJw
Nothing like an Guatemalan open borders feminist to tell us how to not sexually harass women in Mexico.
“I usually respond to the “mamacita” or “nice legs” with the middle finger.”
Let ma ask you this comrade Maria, what if it was a woman who did this to you? 🙂