Violent reactions to Vartzopoulos’ statement: “feminicide has a biological basis” – 2024-05-04 22:51:58

The Deputy Minister of Health, Dimitris Vartzopoulos, stated in an interview that “feminicide as an act has a biological basis”.

In particular, he said that “it is the nature of the male to be aggressive” as he “hunts for food”.

In fact, to reinforce his statements, he emphasized that “in all the fauna, in every form of being, the male is more aggressive because in nature it is he who hunts the food and takes over the aggressive assertion. The female is for other jobs. To make it tick. Either it is done in the herd, or it is done in the binary form that we have in homo sapiens. It is the nature of the male to be aggressive, therefore femicide has a biological basis.”

He went on to say “what we can do is when we detect such aggression early on, put that aggression into social channels, that is, don’t kill or attack to steal, attack the enemy of the homeland , or to attack the enemy of society. But when someone now manifests such an organized anti-social, aggressive, criminal behavior, the right way is early detection and suppression, containment.”

The post Kasselakis

The response of the president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, was immediate, who in a post called for the immediate dismissal of Dimitris Vartzopoulos from the New Democracy parliamentary group.

“I request the immediate dismissal of Mr. Vartzopoulos from the government and from K.O. of N.D. If Mr. Mitsotakis keeps him as his deputy, let him explain to the women voters of the ND. because he believes that “women are for other jobs, to tick”, as his deputy minister believes – and of course not Freud” he said among other things.

The post in detail:

So far, Mr. Mitsotakis.
You have covered a pro-Nazi candidate, a Hun candidate, a homophobic MP.
Now, this far.
No “41%” gives you the right to keep in the position of deputy minister of health a man who gives a biological alibi for femicides and underestimates women’s… pic.twitter.com/O26keMMOwI

— Stefanos Kasselakis (@skasselakis) April 29, 2024

What does he answer himself?

“The attempt to create impressions reaches the point of denial and simple logic”, replies the Deputy Minister of Health Dimitris Vartzopoulos, after the reactions caused by his statement that “it is the nature of things for the male to be the aggressive, consequently the concept of femicide really has a biological basis.”

“What I said and mean is self-evident, that there are different biological characteristics of the sexes, that the male usually has greater physical strength, so he is more dangerous in his aggression than the female. Therefore, there should be special provisions and special mechanisms to limit the possibility, understood for many social and other reasons, of aggression and violence against women. “So the concept of femicide is absolutely correct and should be dealt with completely and effectively,” states Mr. Vartzopoulos.

The deputy minister speaks of arbitrary and provocative interpretations. “I mean, I said and I support exactly the opposite of arbitrary and provocative interpretations. And lest we forget: When in the past was there such an organized effort to protect women from violence against them? New ELAS reception structures, punic baton, sos telephone line, hospitality and support structures. The Mitsotakis Government shows in practice what it believes”, he concludes.