The sister of Giulia Cecchettin, the 22-year-old whose murder at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Filippo Turetta shocked Italy, published a letter in which she talks about the femicides and of the patriarchal culture leading to the systemic spread of male violence against women.
In the letter published by Il Corriere del Veneto, Elena, 24, asked that Turetta not be defined as a “monster,” because “A monster is an exception, a person outside of society, a person for whom society should not be responsible. Instead, [la sociedad] must be held responsible. The ‘monsters’ are not sick, they are healthy children of patriarchy, of rape culture.”
“It is often said ‘not all men.’ “They are not all men, but they are always men.”, (she) wrote. “No man is good if he does nothing to dismantle the society that privileges him so much. It is the responsibility of men in this patriarchal society, given their privileges and power, to educate and call out friends and colleagues as soon as they hear the slightest hint of sexist violence. Tell it to that friend who controls his girlfriend, tell it to that colleague who engages in street harassment, harass those behaviors accepted by society, which are nothing more than the prelude to femicide.” Source