*Global Feminist Petition: Take Strauss-Kahn charges seriously*
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Feminists Demand Freedom from Sexual Assault and Harassment
We agree:
Rape is always about power and domination; it is sexualized violence.
Rape and sexual harassment of women are pervasive at all strata of society
and in all corners of the globe. Women will never be fully free and able to
enjoy equality with men until this ends. As feminists, we see the arrest of
former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual
assault charges as an opportunity to increase public awareness and as a
wake-up call to renew action against sexual violence, not only in the US
where his arrest occurred and in France, where media and many public figures
are portraying him as the victim, but around the world.
We join French feminists in saying that just as Strauss-Kahn is innocent
until proven guilty, his accuser must also be respected and believed to be
credible unless proven false. We commend her employer, Sofitel, and the
action of the NYC Police for taking her complaint seriously. We call for
feminists around the world to join with her union (New York Hotel and Motel
Trades Council Local 6) in collecting funds for legal and daily expenses, as
her work is now curbed and life circumstances vastly altered. Contributions
can be sent to Judson Memorial Church (attention Women's Fund) 55 Washington
Square South, New York, NY 10012-1018.
We also share French feminist indignation at the deliberate and
opportunistic confusion of seduction and sexual violence, from
Strauss-Kahn's declaration that he "loves women," to the journalists and
politicians who rally behind this "Great Seducer." It is outrageous that the
allegation of attempted rape during the course of a housekeeper's work day
raises issues about any woman's life story and sexual history. And
portraying powerful Strauss-Kahn as "too civilized" to commit a violent
crime plays upon colonial and racist stereotypes vis-à-vis an African
immigrant woman.
We adamantly oppose all harassment, sexual violence and rape, and we know
that when there is a large discrepancy between the power, the wealth and
racial hierarchy of the parties involved, justice is even harder to come by.
All rapists and harassers believe they are entitled, and often when they are
part of the power elite they assume that influence will outweigh the legal
protection and freedom from coercion all women should enjoy. Feminists
around the world demand that justice be done.
Women of all countries, unite!
To sign, go here.<http://www.change.org/petitions/feminists-demand-let-justice-be-done-les-fministes-exigent-que-justice-soit-faite#signatures>
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