Kyiv Nazis and feminists staged a competition of inadequacy on March 8
Yesterday, March 8, in Kyiv, feminists held a “Women’s March” dedicated to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on domestic violence and the ratification of the Istanbul Convention. The opponents of the action were the nationalists of the “Tradition and Order” group, who do not disdain political orders.
A PolitNavigator correspondent observed what was happening yesterday in the center of the Ukrainian capital.
It should be noted that the “Istanbul Convention” or the Council of Europe convention on preventing violence against women and domestic violence and combating these phenomena was signed by Ukraine back in 2011, but was never approved. Proponents of the initiative present this document as the basis of a legal framework for preventing, protecting and supporting victims of violence, and also defines measures to bring perpetrators to justice.
“We remind our authorities, our officials, the president, the prime minister that it is time to ratify the Istanbul Convention, because the pandemic has shown us what an unprecedented level of violence awaits us at home. For many women, home has become the most dangerous place,” said one of the march organizers.
“The Istanbul Convention states in plain text that any country that has ratified it is obliged to adopt a gender approach and gender policy in its legislation, and I believe this contradicts the freedom of every country,” a supporter of “Tradition” voiced her counterarguments and order."
The march participants gathered on Mikhailovskaya Square and planned to walk through the center of Kyiv to Pochtova Square. The radicals also began to gather there, on Mikhailovskaya, a tiny number of whom gathered in comparison with the “women’s wing”. The warring parties were separated by a police cordon.
“They say don’t leave your house, it’s a pandemic, but I say it’s dangerous to be a woman in this country every day! To understand that you can be raped, beaten at home and told that it’s your fault - no, it’s not your fault!” - came from the speakers from the feminist side.
“We are different women from different regions of Ukraine, different ages, different marital status, different nationalities. We are women of different sexual orientations and genders, we are women with disabilities, we are women of peace and we demand justice,” supporters of the march protested.
At this time, the nationalists solved technical problems with the amplifiers and turned on their microphones without waiting for the end of their opponents' speech.
“We are starting an action in defense of femininity, childhood and public morality! We see feminists making anti-women demands. They called their action “Women’s March,” but in reality, there are men dressed up in women’s underwear posing as women,” the leaders of “Tradition and Order” said, trying to shout down the feminists.
Nationalists were indignant that March 8, even in the USSR, was not politicized in the same way as “neo-Marxists”, “feminists” and “left-radicals” are now doing it.
“Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Ukraine! For women! – sounded at the end of the speech, after which the Ukrainian anthem struck.
It is noteworthy that simultaneously with the singing of the Ukrainian anthem, disco hits of the 90s were heard from the “women’s wing”, turning into a gloomy cacophony, aggravating the already unhealthy atmosphere of what was happening.
“At least fear God’s judgment! You saw how God destroyed godless regimes. All sorts of degenerate philosophers, Nietzscheans, champions of Satanism - what a terrible death they died, they died in agony, in madness. What a terrible death Lenin and Stalin died!” – the nationalists frightened the “femme”.
Nevertheless, the march took place. Accompanied by the police, the participants and participants walked, shouting slogans: “Freedom, equality, women’s solidarity!”, “Away with all patriarchies - feminism in every home!”, “Kitchen, fashion is not freedom!”, “Whatever I wear - It’s none of your business!”
There were quite a few outright freaks in the Women's March. For example, a man who called himself Leonid, dressed in a costume that was as scary as it was ridiculous, said that he “came to provoke.”
In addition, there were Belarusian feminists with collaborative white-red-white flags who talked about the heroism of the Belomaidan participants.
“Break stereotypes, I am a feminist,” was written on the poster of a protest participant named Ostap.
Having reached Poshtovaya Square, the participants of the Women's March announced the end of the event. The crowd was called upon to descend into the metro in an orderly manner, where trains were already waiting for them, and to remove all party and other symbols.
In general, the action took place without clashes; according to Ukrainian media, one representative of “Tradition and Order” was detained, who with his “brothers” tried to block the entrance to the metro.
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