He 'âlapa 'oihana; he hale me na mea kaua; he wahine ʻōpio make i pili i ka pilina lōʻihi me kāna mea pepehi kanaka. I Nowemapa, ʻO Kasanda Perkins kona inoa a ʻo ke kanaka nāna i pana iā ia ʻo ia ʻo Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher. I kēia manawa ʻO Reeva Steenkamp kona inoa, pepehi 'ia e ka 'Olumepika sprinter a me double amputee Oscar "ka Blade Runner" Pistorius. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike inā hewa ʻo Pistorius i ka pepehi kanaka ʻana i kahi wahine āna i ʻōlelo ai he aloha nui a i ʻole he hewa wale nō ʻo ia no ka mea nona ka pu me ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole, ke kī ʻana i ʻehā mau pōkā i ka puka o kona lumi ʻauʻau i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hahau i kahi ʻaihue i manaʻo ʻia. Ua ʻike mākou he moʻolelo kamaʻāina loa kēia o ke kāne a me ka wahine āna i launa pū ai a pepehi ʻia, a i ʻole ka moʻolelo o ke kanaka i manaʻo ua komo ka ʻaihue i ka pā uila e hoʻopuni ana i kona kaiāulu e uhaʻi ai. kona hale a hoʻohana i kona halepaku.

E like me Belcher a me Perkins, e aʻo nui mākou ma mua o kā mākou makemake a pono paha e ʻike i nā hebedoma e hiki mai ana e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka pilina o Pistorius a me Steenkamp. E aʻo mākou e pili ana i ka "nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi no ke ʻano kūloko” nāna i lawe mai i nā mākaʻi i kona home i ka wā ma mua. E aʻo mākou e pili ana i ko Pistorius ma mua ʻōlelo ʻia he mau pilina ʻino me na wahine. E aʻo mākou e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā pū āna i mālama ai. E kūkākūkā mākou i nā kāne haʻuki a me ka hoʻomāinoino i nā wahine: ke ʻano o ka moʻolelo maʻamau e hiki ke hana like ma waena o kahi mea pāʻani pôpeku mai Long Island a me kahi sprinter mai Johannesburg. Hiki paha iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o kēia mau kaiāulu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kahua o ka pepehi kanaka ʻo Trayvon Martin ʻo Florida i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, i lilo ai i poʻo o ka paranoia a me nā parabellums. E aʻo mākou e pili ana i nā mea āpau koe wale nō ka mea nui loa: aia kahi maʻi maʻi honua o ka hana ʻino i nā wahine, a aia ʻo ʻApelika Hema ma kāna epicenter.

ʻElua lā ma mua o ka make ʻana o Steenkamp, ​​aia kūʻē ma waho o ka hale pāremata o ʻApelika Hema e pili ana i ka hāʻule ʻole o ka mokuʻāina i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ʻia a me ka pepehi kanaka o nā wahine ma ka ʻāina. E like me ka ʻōlelo a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Rape Crisis Center ʻo Kathleen Dey i ka lā 12 Pepeluali, "ʻAʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau i ka pō i ka pōʻino o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻopilikia nei i ʻApelika Hema. Loaʻa iā mākou ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka hoʻokamakama i ka honua a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i kēia ala. " Haʻalulu nā helu kūhelu. I kēlā me kēia ʻumikūmāhiku kekona, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi wahine ma ʻApelika Hema akā hoʻokahi wale nō o nā wahine ʻeiwa e hōʻike ana a he 14 pakeneka wale nō o ka poʻe hana hewa i hoʻopaʻi ʻia. Ua pōloli ka Rape Crisis Center a me nā hui ʻē aʻe i ke kālā, me ke koi ʻana i nā lawelawe kaiāulu, ka ʻōlelo aʻo a me nā hōʻike HIV ma mua o ko lākou hiki.

Pono pū kekahi mau hōʻike kūʻē i ka mea i kapa ʻia e ka Hui Wahine o ka ʻAhahui Lahui ʻApelika he "femicide." Ma kēia ʻāina o 50 miliona mau kānaka, ʻekolu wahine i ka lā i pepehi ʻia e kā lākou mau hoa. I ka wā i lilo ai ka lono o ka make ʻana o Steenkamp i mea nūhou ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā poʻo poʻomanaʻo o ka lā 2 o Pepeluali i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o Western Cape a me ka ʻoki ʻana i kahi kanaka. He kaikamahine 17 makahiki i kapa ʻia ʻo Anene Booysen. Ma mua o kona make ʻana, ua ʻike ʻo Booysen i kekahi o kāna mau mea hana hewa: ʻo ia kahi mea āna i hilinaʻi ai a ʻike ai.

ʻAʻole kēia he pilikia o South Africa, ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke kū nei mākou i kahi mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o kahi ʻōnaehana honua o ka misogyny kolohe. Nui nā kāne ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e ʻike i ka nui o nā wahine he mau waihona o ko lākou huhū, huhū, narcissism a i ʻole ko lākou makemake e hana i ka hana ʻino. Hōʻike ka World Health Organization e pili ana i ka ʻāina, ma nā wahi āpau mai "15% (Iapana) a 71% (Ethiopia) o nā wāhine e hōʻike nei i ka hoʻomāinoino kino a/a i ʻole ka moekolohe e kekahi hoa pili i kekahi manawa o ko lākou ola..” E like me ʻApelika Hema, pono e nānā ʻia kēlā me kēia helu helu e pili ana i kēia pilikia me ka kānalua no ka stigmas transnational a me ka hilahila e hoʻopaʻa nei i nā wahine i ola.

Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka moʻomeheu hoʻokamakama a me ka hoʻomake ʻana i hana ʻia a hiki i kahi Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā mea pāʻani Notre Dame no ka hoʻokamakama hiki ke lawe i ke kahua no ka hoʻokûkû pâʻani pôpeku aupuni me ka nānā ʻole mai i nā ʻaoʻao haʻuki. He ʻāina kahi i hoʻokipa ai ʻo Fox News iā Bob Bekel hiki ke ninau me ka hoomaloka, "I ka manawa hope āu i lohe ai e pili ana i ka hoʻokamakama ma ke kula kulanui?" He ʻāina, a he honua, kahi e ʻōlelo ai ka poʻe i kēia manawa ua lawa.

He pilikia honua ia e hoʻopau wale ʻia me ka pane honua inā makemake mākou e moeʻuhane i kahi honua kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka hana ʻino i nā wahine. ʻO ia ka manaʻo ma hope o nā hana e like me "Hoʻokahi Piliona e piʻi aʻe e hoʻopau i ka hana ʻino i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine, "a mahalo nui ʻia kēia ʻano lokahi a me ke kākoʻo. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia lokahi e Reeva Steenkamp ponoʻī ma mua o kona make ʻana. Ua pilikia ʻo Steenkamp i ka pepehi kanaka ʻana iā Anene Booysen, ua hoʻouna ʻo Steenkamp i kahi leka instragam. ʻO ia heluhelu, "Ua ala au ma kahi home palekana hauʻoli i kēia kakahiaka. ʻAʻole i hana nā kānaka a pau. E ʻōlelo kūʻē i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kanaka ma SA. RIP Anene Booysen. ʻO ka pōkole o ka piliona o mākou e piʻi aʻe nei, hauʻoli a palekana nā home ʻaʻole ia he mea maoli no nā wahine o ka honua. Pono ia. Pono mākou e hana i kēia manawa ke ʻole mākou e makemake e hoʻomau i ka haʻi ʻana i nā moʻolelo o Kasandra Perkins, ʻo Anene Booysen a me Reeva Steenkamp i kēlā me kēia manawa, me nā inoa like ʻole.