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“Shut up, bitch, and look down” – France outraged by attack on student
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A young student was attacked in Strasbourg
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In Strasbourg, a young student was allegedly insulted in broad daylight for her provocative appearance and then beaten. The government strongly condemned the incident and sent representatives to Strasbourg.
meThe alleged sexist attack on a student caused outrage in France. 22-year-old student Elisabeth it was on his own Last Friday during the day near the center of Strasbourg, in the Rivétoile shopping center, first verbally abused by three men and then beaten for wearing a skirt.
On the way home, the men initially said, “Look at the whore in the skirt,” after which Elisabeth threw them a “Excuse me?”
The situation then escalated. In response, one of the men said to her first, “Shut up, bitch, look down and shut up.” They then restrained two of the men and slapped her before they fled, according to the student who was in had a black eye in the incident story in France Bleu.
He also made accusations against witnesses to the attack. About 15 people saw him but did nothing, not even testify, the 22-year-old said. “No reaction, as if nothing had happened.”
“You are not men!”
In her video, she asked witnesses to come closer to catch the perpetrators before doing the same to other women. “I don’t understand how you can go home at night knowing that you have insulted and beaten such a woman and then be proud of yourself. Doing this to a woman is not masculine. You are not men! ”, Continues the student.
The government strongly condemns the incident in Strasbourg, Alsace, spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday. Everyone in France should be able to go out in whatever clothes they want. Women should not feel at risk, harassed, threatened or attacked by their choice of clothing, Attal stressed.
According to media reports, the police opened an investigation into the case. Consequently, the student also reports. The Deputy Minister of the Interior Ministry and former Secretary of State for Equality, Marlène Schiappa, traveled to Strasbourg on Wednesday to meet with representatives of the police and the prefecture to discuss better protection for women. “The skirt is not responsible for the attack and the woman even less”, said Schiappa France Bleu. “Rather, it is misogynistic, sexist and violent people who ignore all the laws and all the rules of conduct.”
In Strasbourg, the Interior Ministry will hire a social worker at the police station by 2021, Schiappa said according to a report in the local newspaper “DNA”. The aim is to improve dialogue between victims of sexual and gender-based violence and the police.
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