Sad law of series. In two days, the government of conservative president Sebastián Piñera has halted in a hurry two campaigns on Internet, supposed to denounce the domestic violence.
The first was released on May 29 by the Secretary of State for Children. In a cartoon, a father forced to telework because of the coronavirus gets angry. The “Poor” confined kicks in a cardboard box. His wife, portrayed as an indulgent housewife, and her children are eager to help her control her “Emotions”.
An “apology for violence”
On Twitter, Paula Escobar, from the NGO Communauté Femme, denounced this “Apology for violence and machismo”, at a time when confinement is surging calls to the victim support platform. Video has been removed fissa.
Two days later, rebelote! With a campaign from the Ministry of Women. We see a grandfather writing to his granddaughter, victim of domestic violence. He tells her of his regrets for “All the evil” that he himself inflicted on his wife. On a syrupy soundtrack, the attacker becomes a victim.
“The government is an accomplice to violence against women”, criticized Javiera Manzi, of the feminist collective CF8M. In the firing line, Macarena Santelices, Minister of Women and grand niece of the dictator Pinochet whose heritage she defended (1973-1990). She canceled and harshly criticized the campaign … which she had shared on Twitter and Instagram.
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