Dear Charlie, I'M BACK. I know, I know... too
many emotions. Keep calm and carry on reading.
Today I’d like to talk to you about feminism.
Feminism is a movement I admire a lot, because I do consider as normal that
women and men should be on the same level. I will not take that much about it
today but more about #MeToo movements or even “Balance ton porc” in France for
example. Even if I believe they are essential to feminism, I’d like here to
talk about their dangers.
Indeed, I believe that they can be extremely
dangerous for societies, and I’d like to begin with the presumption of
innocence. It is a judicial principle which is extremely important to me.
The
presumption of innocence is the legal principle that one is considered innocent
until proven guilty. In many countries, presumption of innocence is a legal
right of the accused in a criminal trial, and it is an international human
right under the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 11.
Source :
Wikipedia
With these movements, the problem is, to me,
that men cannot defend themselves. Indeed, when a person, usually a woman, declares
having been sexually attacked by a man, even if most of the time it is true,
the man has got no way to defend themselves or just to present their point of
view. I’m sure that we all know the power words can have -we study them !- and
this power can be used again someone. Words can be the interpretation of a situation,
and objectivity is extremely hard to reach, especially in such a situation.
Therefore, women can describe something in the perception of it while men will
have a completely different perception of the scene they have been witnesses
of.
Obviously, here, we can say that men will not tell
the truth in order to protect themselves, but, well, we have no law which says
it is always the case, so let’s be pragmatic !
With these feminist movements, laws have been
promoted. Even if it is not necessarily enough yet, they are to be used, in my opinion.
Still in my opinion, women and more generally everyone should be using laws and
courts in order to find justice in a certain situation. Therefore, all
conflicts would be solved in a court.
Because the problem is a court case is held on Twitter
is that you have the supposed victim on one side with most likely the biggest
part of the internet with them and on the other hand the supposed rapist who is
abandoned by his friends and family and who receives insults, etc. Even if some
may think this is legitimated by the fact that this person deserves what
happens to them. They don’t. First of all because in many cases there is still
no proof that the situation has happened a certain way and secondly because
even if they should deserve this, the best way to solve problems is to go in
front of a judge. Otherwise, if we use Twitter to hold cases, we arrive in a
society of permanent denunciation, where there is no access for the supposed
guilty person to their basic rights, and where such violence is held to them that
the supposed victims of the beginning almost become bullies.
Therefore, to me, the best way to solve problems,
notably of that kind, is just to use justice.
“Truth never
damages a cause that is just” M. Gandhi
Well Charlie, I think I’ve played enough devil’s
advocate… Let’s conclude on me restating that I really support feminist
movements.
I’ll be back soon (isn’t the term ending ? hey
Mrs C :D -- JOOOOKE)
T
