In Castelfranco the controversy explodes over the words of the governor. The woman who was the victim of acid attack in 2017: «The president has not offended anyone. Absurd accusations “
CASTELFRANCO. The controversy breaks out in Castelfranco over a post from the president of the Region Luca Zaia in which, after having met Gessica Notaro (scarred with acid by his partner in 2017) at Fieracavalli in Verona, the president writes among other things, referring to horses: “Elegant animals, but very strong and resistant, like all women who like Gessica ask for justice for what they have been through “.
A comparison that the councilor of “Noi La Civica” did not like, Serena Stangherlin who in a note asked the deputy mayor Marica Galante, as delegate for Equal Opportunities, and the chairman of the related council commission Annalisa Battocchio to officially distance themselves. “I believe”, writes the councilor, “that the problem is a culture that still sees in women the embodiment of an alterity subordinate to that of men. A macho mentality which is the first obstacle to equality.
And it is in consideration of the foregoing that I am writing this, to bring to your attention a serious event that has occurred in recent days: a “tweet” in which, referring to Andalusian and Spanish horses, which he defines as one of his passions, the Governor of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, writes “elegant but very strong and resistant animals like all women”. I ask that disrespectful exits like these be firmly and openly condemned, especially when they are pronounced by institutional representatives. In phrases like these, the germ of discrimination and gender-based violence is hidden, and not even so much: considering the woman almost an inferior being, to be compared to an animal, even thinking that she may feel gratified and valued by definitions of this type, because they are accompanied by adjectives in a positive meaning “.
But the councilor’s invitation was sent back to the sender above all by the person concerned, Gessica Notaro. Which, contacted by us, defines “Nonsense” Stangherlin’s observations. Notary then posted a video on Instagram in which he reiterates that President Zaia’s was, if anything, a welcome compliment, given the common passion for horses.
Notaro, in the video we link, invites everyone to look at the substance of things and to truly fight against violence against women.
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