The murder of Giulia Cecchettin filled the agenda of all the media with in-depth programs that brought statistics, expert opinions and interviews with citizens. Many have identified patriarchy as a structural problem in our society that can affect individuals and foster a general climate of violence. In short, according to a certain school of thought, femicide is partly caused by Italian culture. The official data on the number of voluntary homicides committed by family members or ex-partners per 100,000 women in European Union countries (Eurostat and Edjnet data) seem to say otherwise.
Fabio Duranti shows the table published by the Openpolis Foundation on “Un Giorno speciali” to point out a contradiction in the matter: “In the graphic you can see that we are at the bottom in the European statistics, at the very bottom is Italy.” But if we go to another page of the same newspaper, we find an article that tells us the opposite. That is, despite publishing this graphic, this newspaper says that the situation here in Italy is dramatic due to a deeply rooted patriarchal culture. But how? From this perspective, we are a virtuous people. Of course we cannot imagine violence, but compared to the other major progressive European countries we are better.
We are less murderers, we are less feminicides than everyone else. Holy shit, you wrote it. It is public data, Eurostat. You wrote them and then instead you write that there is still a lot to do here. However, Italy records a lower number of femicides than other countries, particularly in Northern Europe. Are you kidding me? There are many of these organizations paid by the European Community that work and produce these articles. Isn’t this all a story that has to do with money? To make us believe that we are so bad that we always feel guilty about something. All this nonsense that makes us feel guilty is part of a strategy to dominate us, to colonize us more and more.”