Two in five teens in Latin America see violence against drunk women

BOGOTÁ, July 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two in five teens in eight Latin American and Caribbean countries believe that a woman intoxicated can be guilty of rape even if she is unconscious, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

The Oxfam survey interviewed 4,731 men and women aged 15 to 25 in Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic and showed that Women are considered normal

The results of the survey, which asked young people about their gender roles and relationships, were "alarming" and "surprising" , and motivated by the machismo culture prevalent in America. Latina, said Damaris Ruiz, an expert on women's rights at Oxfam.

The survey shows that "machismo is accepted and tolerated by many young people in the region," said Ruiz, regional coordinator for Women's Rights Oxfam, in a statement

" The normalization of this daily badism often ends with the worst consequences for women and girls.The proof of this is found in the 1,831 women who were killed in 2016 simply because they were women. "[19659002] More than half of the young men and women surveyed said that a woman would not let a violent relationship ] because her boyfriend threatened to kill her, while half of the women from 15 to 25 years old considered domestic violence to be normal

65% of men aged 15 to 19 surveyed said they think when a woman says no to having bad, it really means yes and only the difficult thing is fai while 45% of teenage girls interviewed shared this vision.

Most interviewees said that women should also be held responsible for violence, including badual badault, because of the way they dress

Seven teenagers on Ten aged 15 to 19 Nearly 90% of the women and men surveyed said that they would not intervene if a friend had beaten their girlfriend.

"Women are used to being beaten and defending their aggressors (…) A man in Bolivia was quoted in the Oxfam report

Although millions of people in America South have taken to the streets to protest the high levels of gender-based violence in recent years. Two-thirds of those consulted said that it was up to the government to fight aggression against women. "The urgent challenge is to raise awareness that young people themselves can play a key role in transforming the systems and norms of gender beliefs that fuel male violence," Oxfam said in its report. (Report by Anastasia Moloney, edited in Spanish by Lucila Sigal)