Almost from the start, the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to
the Supreme Court felt like a joke. Even when Dr Ford threw herself into the
arena, other women had the feeling that the beasts would devour her without
giving her a single chance.
And that’s what happened.
To be fair, if Republicans constituted the main part of the
monster, partisanship didn’t help. As Dr. Ford re-lived her pain in public, she
was exploited by senators for political ends. To both parties, she was little
more than a thing, a key for the upcoming elections.
As other women victims of sexual abuse offered their help
and testimonies to the senate, only to be ignored and rejected, another
solution was presented, that of an investigation by the FBI on the accused,
Judge Kavanaugh. But the executive made sure to place clear conditions for this
investigation: it would last no longer than a week and only a few people would
be interrogated.
The FBI is our national police. Is that a way a criminal
investigation is lead? Do the police tell its detectives to finish their
investigation in a limited amount of time, and to interrogate only a precise
list of persons? Is that how crimes are solved? In just a few days, can strong
suspicions of attempted rape suddenly become moral compass?
Can a man with a blurry past and a questionable ability to
control his temper (Kavanaugh’s display of anger as he defended himself on the
senate floor) be crowned as judge of the Supreme Court of the United States of
America?
Apparently, yes to all these questions.
The outcome of the US Senate proceedings, the FBI joke of an
investigation included, failed to surprise many of us women. After all, quite
of few of us have been abused: sexually, physically, psychologically, take your
pick or check the data.
This time, it felt like a collective rape.
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