This friday, hundreds (if not thousands) of women took to the streets of Mexico City to protest the 2,000 homicides that have taken place in our country in this year alone, as well as the countless rapes and other violent crimes against women.
Not only is the government not doing anything about it, but it is actively working to protect many of the men responsible for these crimes. The reason? That many of said criminals are also police officers.
The protests weren’t exactly peaceful. Police stations were vandalised and set on fire, monuments were written and painted on, and metro stations were also affected. I am in no way condemning this, because this isn’t a simple protest anymore. This is a revolution. And no revolution was won by handing out roses.
We are tired of being murdered, raped, beaten, ignored, and ridiculed just because we were born as women. We are tired of being hurt by the same people who are supposed to protect us. We are tired of having people be more outraged over some graffitied buildings and broken windows than over the thousands of women who have lost their lives and whose murderers go unpunished.
So please, if you can and if you want to, share our fight. Make it spread across the world and help it gain awereness. Because I know this isn’t only happening in our country, this is happening across the entire world. And it is time for all of us to stand together and fight against the system that will not fight for us.
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