A shocking post was made on her personal Instagram account by well-known actress Youlika Skafida, talking about female abuse.
Initially, the actress revealed that a few days ago she was beaten up for trying to defend one of her own men who was subjected to abusive behaviour, while she spent the night in the courtroom.
Referring to gender violence, Yulika Skafida stresses that society is hypocritical towards victims, as in theory it defends them while in practice it will hesitate to get involved and complains that it is only when we get to femicide that we are moved.
As the actress mentions, her post is made in order to make us reflect on whether in practice each of us is doing our duty to hand over a better society, free of violence, to future generations.
Yulika Skafida's post
A night in autopsy or How truly ready are we to talk about abuse
A few days ago I spent my night in autopsy. I was beaten because I tried to defend someone close to me who has long been subjected to abusive behaviour.
The following is not a personal confession about this bad experience. This is what I have talked to my own people about: Claustrophobia that I found out I have or acquired, the shocking moment of being asked to untie and hand over your shoelaces for fear of hurting yourself, the smell and darkness of a cold room that I will carry inside me for a long time to come.
I can handle that, it's okay.
I'd like to talk about female abuse.
Society treats female abuse with great hypocrisy. Because while in theory it defends the victims and condemns such behavior. In practice, it looks the other way.
Neighbours are afraid to speak out, professionals are afraid to get involved, social actors ask for evidence.
In addition to physical violence, there is verbal violence and psychological violence. They are more insidious than physical violence because they leave no scars and play with the victims' minds.
An abused woman is not necessarily only the one who walks around the streets of Athens crying with bruises on her body. She is also a woman who has a smile on her lips, a love for life, may be well-dressed, may look happy. But those who know her well can see the silence and fear behind the look.
An abuser does not look like the bad guys in American blockbusters, he does not have three ears, a hooked nose and long sharp nails. He walks beside us. Maybe he is well-dressed, maybe he is very polite, maybe he has a prestigious job.
It was with great disappointment that I found in my experience that a woman who has been a victim of verbal, physical or psychological abuse will only find justice if she becomes a number.
Femicide No. 160
We will see the case on TV, we will feel sorry, we will express our sympathy for the victim, even if we did not know it.
I am sharing this story so that we can all ask ourselves whether in practice each of us is doing our duty to hand down to future generations a brighter world without violence and without looks of silence and fear.
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