Ricardo Mendoza and Norka Gaspar have generated a stir on social media after their questionable prank on their YouTube show, Complétala, where they made fun of a girl who was sexually assaulted on board a public transport vehicle. This caused thousands of users through Twitter to harshly condemn the two comedians and even asked them to cancel not only that space, but also Talking bullshit.
Likewise, various entertainment figures and national politics condemned these acts and even blamed both characters for normalizing rape culture. In this sense, Juliana Oxenford took advantage of the situation not only to feel her annoyance, but also to reveal that she suffered a similar event when she was just a girl.
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Juliana Oxenford suffered sexual abuse by a relative
The journalist used her account Twitter to make a lengthy statement recounting how her own uncle kissed her on the mouth when she was eight years old. The ATV driver also revealed that when she decided to tell her story, her family did not believe her and that when her victimizer died, she felt great relief.
“Don’t mock, don’t make fun of a sexual assault. Less if the victim is a girl. When I was eight years old, the most beloved uncle in my family would kiss me on the mouth, he would take advantage of any moment alone to stick his tongue in me and slobber me (yes, that nauseating). I said nothing. At eight years old, I didn’t know if what scared me so much was abuse or if he was doing it because I was “his favorite niece”. No one told me about the importance of speaking up. When I decided to do it as a teenager, many did not believe me. Nothing happened, time seemed to have erased everything ”, she began.
“Everything except my pain. As a teenager I met him again, I yelled at him, I hated him looking into his eyes and he made fun of me telling me that he was “delusional”. This patient died recently. Many cried for him, I felt a relief. Some time ago I learned that his violence had also reached other women, two adults. What I lived I did not dream, it was real. Now, out of fear, I talk to my daughter about the importance of telling everything that bothers her, whoever she comes from, “he added.
Juliana Oxenford criticized those who make fun of sexual assault
To continue his story, Juliana Oxenford harshly criticized Ricardo Mendoza, Norka Gaspar and all those who make fun of any victim of sexual assault. Finally, the press woman assured that she will not touch the subject again and asked the women to know how to identify a possible aggressor.
“Therefore, listening to two ignorant people making fun of the subject takes me back to the past, it hurts me, it revives my wound. You have to be very damned to believe that sexual violence – in any of its forms – can become a joke. I will never say anything again on this subject. I tell it because so much abuse reminds me of the girl I was. Because I don’t want the same for my daughter or for other girls. I am telling you today so that you know that we are all always close to a predator and we have to know how to recognize them”, she pointed out.