Purple Alert by Antonia Barra

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Abuse and rape of women are very frequent news in Chile. Women got tired of staying in silent and now they are denouncing on social networks all the men who have abused them. This demonstration called "Funa" started in November of last year. Thousands of women's testimonies of rape, sexual abuse and mistreatment by men began to appear because in past times these testimonies weren’t credible by the community.

One of the cases that shook women was of Antonia Barra. She committed suicide after Martin Pradenas has sexually abused her. In this moment she was in a condition of vulnerability because she had drunk a lot of alcohol and Pradenas took advantage of her. The case went to court which the accused claims to be innocent after five girls testified that Martin Pradenas had also raped them.

In Chile, men who commit sexual abuse and mistreatment of women are released even though evidence shows otherwise. This shows that rapists walk freely on the street and we are exposed to something inappropriate happen to us. Thus, the feminist struggle won’t stop until justice is done because the fault wasn’t mine but the rapist's.


#JUSTICIAPARAANTONIA

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