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A WORLD that's tired of aggressive, authoritative, psychopathic and misogynist men has a new hero
When 21-year-old Emelia Holden herself had enough – performing a high-level takedown of # 39; a grouter much larger than she – she had no idea that the confrontation, captured by a surveillance camera, would be one of the most viral videos of the year.
From New York Times to Today's Show to People to the United Kingdom Daily Mail Holden's brave self-defense act – and let's be clear, this is what that it was, self-defense – attracted Savannah, and her employer Vinnie Van Go-Go, a moment in the honor In the midst of the ensuing media turmoil, Holden demonstrated such coolness, a good mood and a quiet but clear determination that she quickly became a bright point in what quickly became completely disheartening
I specifically mention that the physical actions of Holden against the man were made in self-defense for a reason.
Sometimes we eradicate sexual assault using euphemisms such as groping, improperly touching, stroking, and so on.
But there is a reason why the word "aggression" is in the charge of sexual assault. It's literally a physical attack .
Each of us has the right to defend ourselves. And when you live in a world where so many people in power are men with the same pathological sense of the law that the attacker Holden seems to have had, this right becomes more and more valuable and ever more important.
the incident saying that he was "just a touch" on the behind. Any decent person will immediately see the epic failure of this line of thinking.
Perhaps you could just call it "just a touch" if the woman and the children of an assailant are nearby in a public restaurant. "Touching" turns into something else when a camera is not present, and if we continue to allow that kind of grotesque behavior by not calling it when it happens.
And make no mistake – this kind of misogyny entitled is everywhere in downtown Savannah during a typical weekend of drunkenness
The booth of Holden could easily be one of many to come because there is no shortage of women here as elsewhere. enraged to see a small minority of people insinuating, or saying explicitly, that Holden had "brought him" because of the way she was dressed.
Such a disgusting and retrograde attitude would hardly deserve to be recognized not too fortunately. Every time I saw this opinion, it was shouted.
Many times, this kind of stories ends badly for the hero. As most of us have learned, no good deed goes unpunished.
This can sometimes be doubly true in Savannah, a place that is often dysfunctional – be it in town hall rooms or in the usual alcoholic transgressions of downtown. But in this case, not only the employer of Holden is back, but also the business and tips at Vinnie.
Unsurprisingly, given the time we live in, there is a coda that involves a GoFundMe page. However, in this case, it's not for Holden herself.
She admits on the page that "I would like to take this opportunity to give back to something that matters a lot to me, CATS!" Her charity of choice is the Palmetto Animal League, an adoption center. based in Ridgeland, South Carolina, a clinic and nonprofit animal rescue organization.
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