Students's manifestations

This week, students from Carmela Carvajal and Tajamar school took over the Instituto National as a protest against sexist behavior and education. The students blocked the gates and doors of the institute and manifested their anger against the abusive acts that students and teachers from such institution have practiced along the years. Recently, a cleaning person from Haiti reported that she was abused by a group of students. This was the origin of the manifestation. The students from Carmela Carvajal and Tajamar also claim that "institutanos" use aggressive language and that they feel harassed by these situations.

The students and authorities of the Instituto Nacional have reacted against this act and expressed that this is a violent act and that this group of (female) students are violent and that they don't respect the traditions of the institute and that democracy has been broken.

I think that this is a clear example of the naturalization of wrong behavior that has been  present in our society and culture for many years. The men feel insulted and exposed and they need to express their discontent against these girls, but they don't talk about the hidden reality within their institution and the privilege they have because they are the most respectable ONLY MEN school in Chile. This is just an example of how things operate in our society.

These girls are trying to change things, to unbalance the status quo and to generate a discussion of the issue. Maybe, some people see this as a violent act but changes are not easy to accept and action seems to be the only way to obtain something in a conservative culture that doesn't want to wake up.

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Lucas