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Breaking News
Zhang Yuhuan went home.
Going home, what awaits him is the withered old house, the frail mother, the life that was taken away. Fortunately, he went home anyway.
Nearly 27 years after being charged with intentional homicide, the 53-year-old Zhang Yuhuan finally waited for a verdict of not guilty.
In the gloom for more than half a year under the epidemic, whether it is the big brother Zhang Yuhuan who insisted on appealing, or the ex-wife Song Xiaonu who "he owes me a hug, this hug me for many years", and even gave her 5,000 yuan. The incumbent where she buys a gift for her ex-husband is like a faint beacon of the world, "showing the emotional thickness that has not been diminished by time and suffering . "
This time justice is late and may not be absent . But justice is sometimes elusive, just like filling in the blanks. You never know what verbs are to be filled in the blank of justice ().
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Justice (absent)
In the face of sexual violence, justice is often (absent). Even the day when justice will never arrive.
It’s like taking a taxi at an airport at a rush point. It’s all luck, probably because any sexual violence is "social." In other words, any sexual violence is not done independently by the abuser. It is done by the whole society assisting the perpetrators.
For example, in "Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise" , the perpetrator is the teacher Li Guohua, the rich son of the domestic violence wife Qian Yiwei.
And Mrs. Zhang, who knew that Qian Yiwei ran away and didn't know a few girlfriends, even if she died of poverty, would not let her daughter marry, she was still able to introduce Yi Wen to the past without changing her face, which was tantamount to seduction.
The inaction of the cram school and the lack of parental sex education, including the atmosphere of “he found that the social taboos on sex are too convenient. Rape a girl, the whole world thinks it’s her fault, even she thinks it’s her own.” , Both are murderers.
In the book, Xu Yiwen’s studies were interrupted by her marriage and killed. What I read is weeping blood.
Violence on sex and gender never occurs separately, and must be determined by the entire society as the perpetrator.
And when society is involved, how easy is it to get justice?
In the Netflix documentary "Athlete A"/Whistleblower A: Sexual Assault Scandal in the American Gymnastics World , team doctor Larry Nassar had nearly a hundred sexual assaults and indecent assaults during his nearly two decades with Michigan State University and the American gymnastics team. Female athlete and patient.
As early as 1996, this team doctor was reported by his patients. In the past two decades, from the president of the American Gymnastics Association to the coaches, they all knew about the matter. However, even if the team doctor was reported to the American Gymnastics Association by the athletes, They will also suppress it through various means, and the image of Larry as a good father and husband has been maintained.
why? for money.
The American Gymnastics Association needs to use these athletes to make money, and it needs to use victories to make money. In today's commercialization of sports, scandals may destroy all their carefully constructed images. In addition to threatening the whistleblower, he even tried to bribe the FBI investigating.
This kind of shielding culture can also be seen in the movie "Focus". When the priest was accused of sexually assaulting a boy from a poor family, the church only transferred him to a new diocese . In the end, there were 90 in the Boston area alone. The priest is suspected of sexually assaulting children.
Athlete A is translated as "whistleblower", which is actually a term that follows the trend of the times. The original meaning of "Athlete A" is more appropriate.
This athlete A refers to gymnast Maggie Nichols . She reported Larry Nassar sexual assault in 15 years. She was also retaliated by the Gymnastics Association for this report. She was originally talented and had the hope of going to the Olympics. Even though she performed well in the selection, she was not even selected as a substitute in the end .
In addition to the infinite expansion rights of the United States Gymnastics Association, behind this layer of protection, there is another incentive .
During the Cold War of the last century, the Olympic Games became an arena where the two systems are better and the other is the worse. Gymnasts are not as young as they are now, and their bodies are similar to adult women.
But all of this gradually changed after Nadia Elena Comaneci turned out. The Romanian gymnast is the proud student of the coach Carolis and the first Olympic gymnastics event. Athlete who gets a perfect score of 10. Strict training, the smaller the high-pressure environment, the better the control, the smaller the better the movement, which is considered to be the reason for the undefeated gymnastics team led by the Carolis.
In order to beat their opponents on the world podium, the Americans also refused to come. This high-pressure atmosphere intensified after the Carolis came to the United States as coaches-as long as they can achieve results, win medals, and be cruel, the line between hard training and child abuse has become increasingly blurred .
According to follow-up reports from the media, the Carolis not only failed to report the sexual assault, but they also beat and scolded athletes to force them to lose weight.
The younger age, high-pressure training, and uncontrolled power make the team doctors who give athletes sugar to eat look personable.
Who would have thought that in the entire national team, Larry could be regarded as a better person to the girls. It is this atmosphere that allowed him to put the athletes down in an allied posture and commit sexual assaults under the guise of treatment.
Americans love champions, heroes, and dreams. This vigorous advocacy of individualism is more like a tacit approval, telling you that sacrifice is worthwhile, blood and tears are normal, and when you wear the Stars and Stripes, everything is forgivable. of.
Let all the living people hide their names and become athletes A, B, C, D.
Any sexual violence is done together by the entire society.
Any justice that is absent must have tyrannical power that grows wantonly and the indulgence of others.
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Justice (late)
In this incident, in addition to the vocal Maggie Nichols, another survivor, Rachael Denhollander , who was violated at the age of 15, was not only forced to accept the inaction of the Gymnastics Association, but at the time, as the only survivor willing to show up in public, she had to endure The abuse and ridicule of the Internet.
Whether it is the humiliation of female sluts or the deaf ears to male victims in other incidents, this kind of social humiliation of victims can be called another level of sexual violence.
After accepting physical violence, it is also a fluke to accept social murder, so that the spectators feel alive.
Due to long-term mental stress, she suffered from anorexia and was skinny. But she did not give up. She did not give up in the ten years since she was hurt until the team doctor was punished. She went to law school, became a lawyer, and has been collecting evidence silently for many years.
When the sexual assault news was reported by IndyStar , a tabloid newspaper in Indianapolis during the Rio Olympics , which caused concern, she took the initiative to contact the newspaper to provide information.
The intensified storm of public opinion made the American Gymnastics Association no longer able to cover up for Larry, and he was eventually taken into custody by the prosecutor. On the day of the trial, as each survivor appeared in court with his family, partners and friends, Rachael also identified Larry face to face:
"How much is a little girl worth? ...I submit to you that these children are worth everything. Worth every protection the law can offer. Worth the maximum sentence..."
He deserves the harshest trial.
At this time, they are victims, but also survivors. I think of another similar documentary: "Epstein: Prostitution", in which all the female victims are marked as survivors, not just victims.
Because they have the power now and have the opportunity to make their own voices.
The team doctor was finally sentenced to two 60-year prison sentences , a severe sentence of the century in the United States, where there is almost no death penalty.
It seems that there is still a little hope.
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Justice ()
Zhang Yuhuan went home, but the background of this justice is no longer so pure in the field of public opinion. For example, some netizens who hold high the banner of justice do not analyze who caused the unjust, false and wrong cases, but presumptuously speculate on Song Xiaonv's "motive for appealing grievances" and analyze whether she constitutes bigamy.
In the final analysis, this is because Song Xiaonv is a powerless woman. As for the analysis of unjust, false and wrong cases?
That's offending people a lot.
It can be seen that even the justice from heaven can sometimes not withstand the harassment of the dunya.
In Larry's case, even if there were famous athletes and Olympic champions among the victims, a team doctor still had a fluke for 20 years. In these 20 years, more than 500 people were victimized.
What supports him behind this is a huge and endless system and an atmosphere that criticizes victims, which is undoubtedly a stumbling block to prevent justice at the same time.
Of course, there are stumbling blocks, and naturally there are guide stars:
Rachael Denhollander has now gone out of anorexia, published a new book, and lived happily with his family.
athlete A- Maggie Nichols entered the University of Oklahoma to study and continued her gymnastics career, representing the university in the NCAA and successfully defending the title.
In Zhang Yuhuan’s case, because the family was impoverished and unable to afford the high litigation fees, all appeal lawyers provided free services. Attorney Wang Fei, who chose to represent Zhang Yunhuan’s case, said: “Although it is very tiring and the road to justice is long, in Nanchang Seeing those eyes longing for innocence and freedom, the prison couldn't resist anyway."
It is these bits and pieces that illuminate the dim background that justice is late and give people the courage to walk in the absurd wilderness.
Justice is here, but it's too late . Let me just say it. I want to say a blessing, a farewell, and bless all justice, although it is late, let the survivors say goodbye to the past and restart their lives.
But I know this is far from the end, far from the moment to unload the burden, the justice that is late is no longer pure gold, the sparkle of the stars cannot be separated from the dark background, but-
Although this is not the end, it can be the starting point.
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