Thread by @DavidBegnaud

Fighting, again, for a state of emergency declaration in Puerto Rico to address the alarming record rate of violence against women, a demonstration was held in front of the Governor's mansion in San Juan, yesterday. This is what the demonstrators chanted: (see following tweets)

Patriarchy is a judge
that condemns us at birth
and our punishment
is the violence you don't see.

Patriarchy is a judge
that condemns us at birth
and our punishment
is the violence you now see.

It is feminicide,
impunity for my murderer.
It's denial,
it’s rape.

And it wasn't my fault, nor where I was, nor how I dressed.
And it wasn't my fault, nor where I was, nor how I dressed.
And it wasn't my fault, nor where I was, nor how I dressed.
And it wasn't my fault, nor where I was, nor how I dressed.

And the fault is in the silence
and a bad education.
And the fault is the government’s
and the churches and their hell.
The oppressive government
is a rapist male.

The rapist is you.
The rapist is you.
The rapist is you.
The rapist is you.

[Then a man says:
"Emergency: Femicide!"
and later, a woman says:
“State of emergency, now!"

Context: "Chilean anti-rape anthem becomes international feminist phenomenon
A Rapist in Your Path performed by women at mass protests
Performances staged across Latin America and Europe"
theguardian.com/world/2019/dec…