RODRIGO DUTERTE AT MONIQUE WILSON
MAINIT na mainit pa rin ang usapin tungkol sa kontrobersyal na “rape joke” ni Rody Duterte tungkol sa isang Australian missionary na pinatay matapos gahasain sa Davao ilang taon na ang nakararaan.
Kahapon ibinahagi namin sa inyo ang open letter ng dating Miss Saigon na si Monique Wilson para kay Duterte kung saan inisa-isa nito ang kanyang punto kung bakit maling-mali ang ginawang pagbibiro nito sa isang patay nang biktima ng panggagahasa.
Narito ang ikalawang bahagi ng mga naging pahayag ni Monique para maiparating kay Duterte ang kanyang naghuhumindig na pagkakamali.
“Rape culture is denying the weight and seriousness of the crime by joking about it. It doesn’t matter that you tell us later on what the context of the story was – all that matters is that you MADE LIGHT OF IT. And ALLOWED YOUR FOLLOWERS AT THAT RALLY TO LAUGH ALONG – diminishing the gravity of the rape. Words are important Mayor. You cannot throw them out playfully and casually and not look at the consequences of what your words do.”
“Rape culture is allowed to exist when you first say Jaqueline Hamil (an Australian missionary) – was ‘beautiful, and looked like an American actress’. You could have mentioned that she was a missionary, there to help and serve. Instead of noting her physical attributes, which commodifies and objectifies her.
“Which treats her as an OBJECT, instead of as a woman, a person, with more than just looks. Without you realizing it, you have already diminished her by objectifying her on that level alone.
“Rape culture is then further perpetuated when you say your most criminal words: to paraphrase – ‘that she is so beautiful, it’s a shame – the mayor should have been first’. You meant first to rape her. You meant the mayor should have had first dibs, first right over her.
“Again, it does not matter that your words came out of rage as you said later. Think of what you are saying here Mayor. THE MAYOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST TO RAPE HER. To me that is not rage. That is again, chauvinist sexist misogynist male privilege. And more seriously, it is A DIMINISHING OF THE ACT OF RAPE. It is TRIVIALIZING OF RAPE. It is the NORMALIZING OF RAPE.
“Imagine if Jacqueline was your daughter and someone else had said your words about her. I have no doubt you would be coming after them with your guns. I have no doubt you would be placing the full force of your position and might over them, not even for a sorry, but because you would not even see that as injustice, but as a grave INSULT to your loved one. I don’t think, for a second you would allow that person to sit, in front of the media, and try to justify their words and action by relaying a long protracted story on context.
“I don’t think you would take it sitting down if that person said they are not sorry at all and sees no need to apologize. I don’t think you would accept it if that person simply tried to take the gravity of the situation away by saying he was just using ‘crass language’ because he was ‘angry’. NOTHING JUSTIFIES RAPE AS A JOKE.
“Mayor, you are running for the highest position in the land – and by all accounts, are topping the polls. You are influential. People believe in you, follow you, are relying on you to change this corrupt poisoned system that has driven our people to such unimaginable abject poverty and suffering.
“This belief from the people holds you even more accountable than most. Holds you in even greater responsibility for your words and actions. And we put this out now because we know you have been on the side of women in the past, your Davao record as Mayor speaks for itself. Davao Rises so gloriously and fiercely for its women now because of the belief you have also put into the women’s movement there.
“This is not an attack. It is a request for you to look deeper into your heart that we all know beats more authentically than most leaders for the people and their best interests. You cannot speak on revolution and rights, if you do not give equal weight to this issue. The issue of rape and rape culture. Revolution after all, first begins with the radical shift in consciousness of deeply entrenched mindsets. Patriarchal mindsets. No change can happen without this.
“And no transformation can happen without the humility to acknowledge where one has done wrong.”
Pagpapatuloy pa ni Monique, “Mayor, in this country you profess to love, in this country, our country, you are pledging to serve. 1 woman or child is raped every 53 minutes. 7 out of 10 are children. Majority never get justice. Rape culture allows this.
“Please allow humility to deepen your education and understanding of rape. And please, please, use your privilege, your influence, and your power, to end rape culture.”
Sana maunawaan ni Rody Duterte ang bawat katagang nakasaad dito.
Sana yung mga supporters niya ay magising sa katotohanan that this barumbado man is not fit for the position na pagtatalunan na next month. Maawa kayo sa bansang ito.
We used to like him too pero God paved the way, Siya na mismo ang nag-lead sa atin to know the person’s character along the way, short of saying na baka kinakalabit tayo ng Panginoon not to vote for him kasi nga bastos at walang respeto. God save us!!!