Sorry, but these are things we don’t even want to hear. It is with a deep sense of irritation that we listened yesterday to the statements of Lucília Gago, Attorney General of Portugal, who – a woman and a mother – declared that there are too many women in the judiciary. Thus unleashing a wave of noisy indignation from women in the country; and silent approval from men.
“Objectively, she added, to the disgrace of the female and feminist universe, this aggravates the inefficiencies due to pregnancies, parental leave and breastfeeding permits.”
At this point, the computers in the editorial office of the “27th hour” of the Corriere della Sera crashed, while the Murgie website, Morgana, collapsed.
In short, according to Chief Prosecutor Lucília Gago, known for her casual use of wiretaps and the nuances of her suits, the risk of allowing too many women into the judiciary is not only that of seeing a kiss equated with sexual violence, but also of having to deal with dangerous pockets of absenteeism. And here, sorry, but we have run out of words to express our indignation.
And the point is that the worst enemies of the
women’s rights, too often, are women themselves. But many women are what they are only because someone, first, fought to guarantee their rights; which, however, afterwards, they think are valid only for themselves.