A famous French saying goes that ‘Après la fête, la défaite’ which literally translates as the loss comes after the win and needs to be interpreted as saying that after a night of partying and good times, you have to deal with the consequences.
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So it is as well for the French capital Paris (and other cities like Nantes and Marseille) which, a few days after the euphoria of winning the world cup, wakes up to the surprise of hundreds of women who have gathered on the hashtag #MeTooFoot complaining about how they were sexually assaulted during the World Cup celebrations of Sunday in Paris.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetooFoot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetooFoot</a> : des Françaises témoignent d'agressions lors des célébrations du Mondial <a href="https://t.co/IgXip9S7TQ">https://t.co/IgXip9S7TQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/xDnEQgVz8E">pic.twitter.com/xDnEQgVz8E</a></p>— TVA nouvelles (@tvanouvelles) <a href="https://twitter.com/tvanouvelles/status/1019614148869742597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Whereas in the first morning after most of the world was still watching the riots and broken shop windows (see our related coverage, apparently a normal phenomenon in France after sporting wins), a few days later the first reports of women being sexually assaulted during the Paris celebrations are starting to come out as well.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So France won the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WorldCup</a>. And supporters find that a good reason t<br>To rape people? Are you freaking serieus? A lot of woman are coming with their stories right now on twitter. You guys are disgusting. <br>I can't believe this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetooFoot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetooFoot</a></p>— Laura (@SMGLover1996) <a href="https://twitter.com/SMGLover1996/status/1019510943817043968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Grouped under the hashtag #MeTooFoot, hundreds of women have so far shared their stories about how ‘youngsters’ touched them, assaulted them, or tried to threaten them by grouping around them.
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Some of the stories so far (translated from French):
“A man grabbed my breasts and when I pushed him away he said. We have won, what did you expect?”
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A young woman described how a youngster took off his clothes in front of her and dragged her into the toilet: ‘We are World Champion, we’re all going to hell.’
“I would like to thank the France fan who thought it was ok to touch my bottom and vagina during the celebrations. I feel bad, very bad. “
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="nl" dir="ltr">Op <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Twitter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Twitter</a> doen tientallen Franse vrouwen hun verhaal over de aanrandingen met de hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeTooFoot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MeTooFoot</a>. Ook vonden er die nacht hevige - voornamelijk allochtone - rellen plaats in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Frankrijk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Frankrijk</a> 🇲🇫.<br>Deel dit bericht met je vrienden 🔄 om hen in te lichten.<a href="https://t.co/ESEWKi7Lhx">https://t.co/ESEWKi7Lhx</a></p>— SCEPTR (@SCEPTR_online) <a href="https://twitter.com/SCEPTR_online/status/1019500930994237440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Seeing the overflow of messages on social media, the Parisian police chief Mr. Michel Delpuech went onto national tv today and urged all women to file official complaints.
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On Twitter, some are already calling it Cologne 2.0 in reference to the hundreds of women in the German city of Cologne that were assaulted during New Year’s Eve celebrations in 2016.
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Twitter: #Toronto #Spurs #MeTooFoot #DeRozan #QAnon #MAGA
Why is the colour, nationality, general description and ethnicity of the attackers conspicuously missing from the above piece?
If women are in greater danger when around a certain section of the population, then this fact should be made known to them, whatever faction the predominant predators is.
Maybe they should start a violent revolution against a government that quite obviously prevents women from protecting themselves with deadly force.
If you've been assaulted TAKE ACTION! #MeToo