Singer Frankie Pangilinan has called for justice to be served for flight attendant Christine Dacera, a 23-year-old flight attendant who, after celebrating New Year’s Eve with friends, was found unconscious in a hotel room bath tub and was later declared dead at a hospital. The Philippine National Police (PNP) are looking into the possibility of a rape-slay case.
In a series of tweets, Pangilinan has emphasized that women deserve respect and even criticized a hashtag implying that rape is a “danger [that] is inevitable.”
we would prefer your respect over your protection. we’re not pretty things that need constant guarding. we’re human beings.
— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021
christine dacera shouldn’t have needed protection. enough of that dialogue. she was a woman who deserved basic, human decency.
— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021
“We would prefer your respect over your protection. We’re not pretty things that need constant guarding. We’re human beings,” she writes. “Christine Dacera shouldn’t have needed protection. Enough of that dialogue. She was a woman who deserved basic, human decency.”
Pangilinan adds that instead of “protecting drunk girls,” which an earlier trending hashtag suggested,” it should be, ‘Respect [the f***] out of any human being.'”
the hashtag rly shouldn’t be ‘protect drunk girls’ man, it should be respect tf out of any human being because drunk girls shouldn’t be needing any more protection than drunk guys. that’s exactly what’s wrong here, though — a few drinks and we’re suddenly no longer people ig
— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021
“Drunk girls shouldn’t be needing any more protection than drunk guys,” she explains. “That’s exactly what’s wrong here, though—a few drinks and [women] are suddenly no longer people.”
like it’s fked up, i get it — girls have so much more to fear in intoxication. but it’s so damn sad that we have to be ‘protected’, because that implies this kind of danger is inevitable, when it’s not. teach your fkin kids not to rape people, let us deal with the hangovers.
— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021
Pangilinan has also pointed out how “it’s so damn sad that we have to be ‘protected’, because that implies this kind of danger is inevitable, when it’s not” and parents should teach their kids not to rape.
The singer has also reiterated that rape happens because of the rapist.
it is never the clothes, never the drinks — never the victim, period. it is always, ALWAYS, the rapist’s fault. how many more times do we have to hammer this home for it to stick in your thick skulls, please??!??!
— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021
“It is never the clothes, never the drinks—never the victim, period,” she writes. “It is always, always the rapist’s fault.”
Meanwhile, PNP has asked the public to refrain from sharing unverified information on social media. In a Manila Bulletin report, police investigators have disclosed that Dacera suffered from aneurysm, and that bruises and other markings have also been found. A final autopsy report is expected to be submitted anytime this week.
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