To the editor: After she was groped in public, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated, “In the event that they do that to the president, what should occur to all of the younger girls within the nation?” Certainly, and it’s not simply in Mexico and it’s not simply younger girls; it’s ladies and older girls internationally, too (“Mexico’s president was groped on the road. Now she’s waging a conflict in opposition to rampant sexual harassment,” Nov. 5).
What must occur is a multi-pronged method to ending this sort of violence globally. Prevention packages ought to be delivered to all boys in grade faculty by way of highschool, in addition to implementing current legal guidelines in opposition to the perpetrators.
The White Ribbon Marketing campaign, developed in Canada, supplies a framework for instructing boys about supporting girls’s and ladies’ rights, and ought to be a part of the varsity curriculum each right here and in Mexico.
MIA, Mujeres Iniciando en Las Americas is a California-based nonprofit group that gives training based mostly on the White Ribbon Marketing campaign. It reaches out to elementary faculties, center faculties and universities in Guatemala to assist stem the tide of sexual violence in opposition to girls there. These are the sorts of packages we have to see develop throughout Mexico, the U.S. and around the globe.
Christopher Hill, Costa Mesa
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To the editor: It’s terrifying to assume that even essentially the most highly effective girl in Mexico would expertise what many ladies face of their lives in coping with sexual harassment. You’ll assume that that presence of president-level safety and witnesses would forestall any undesirable sexual advances.
The fact is that girls expertise sexual harassment and assault on a regular basis. How is it that no girl is exempt from the danger of being sexually harassed?
Extra insurance policies should be enacted that place better repercussions on the perpetrators of sexual harassment. If aggressors see a possible threat, they are going to be extra inclined to cease. Plus, better criminalization of sexual harassment will take away from the normalization of the conduct.
Specializing in shifting the conduct of the aggressor, somewhat than discovering methods for girls to defend themselves, will assist set up new norms for a greater and safer future.
Ariana Mora, San Lorenzo
