The book puts a face to 132 women murdered by gender-based violence over 20 years. This book is the illustrated archive of the 132 women murdered by their male partners or ex-partners in the Community of Madrid between 1999 and 2020. The violent actions of these men go as far as causing their death, but many of them were already exerting violence on a continuous basis. Murders are the most visible part of gender-based violence.
Jana Leo and Sergio Tombesi
Size 285 x 195 mm
300 pages
Hardcover and full color
ISBN 978-84-129076-0-5
Price without delivery 45,90 Euros
Dedication: In memory of the women murdered by their male partners or ex-partners. In memory of the suffering of each one of them, not only at the time of death, but every single time they were abused. In memory of the lives that could have continued. In recognition of the courage of these women, some of whom died in their struggle to be free. In tribute to those who every day, visibly or invisibly, struggle to survive within a patriarchal and chauvinistic culture.
Summary: On several occasions, I have felt that having a partner can become dangerous: verbal contempt, psychological abuse, harassment, mistreatment, and death; a romantic relationship could be a threat because I can (because you can) lose dignity, independence, and life. Not only assistance programs are needed, but also awareness-raising ones to prevent aggression so that there are no wounds to heal. MOSIS tells the stories of 132 women murdered by their male partners, turning these events into literature and art. Each story opens a path to be moved by, to identify with, and to react to. By staging the death with a drawing and recounting the sequence of events in the text, I urge that prevention be directed at educating the abusers and not the victims, who are blamed for being so. Many of the women in this archive did everything possible to avoid being victims of gender-based violence and were murdered nonetheless. A woman should not bear the burden of being on alert to avoid being a victim. The stories and drawings reveal the signs of abuse, the spiral of manipulation, and the modus operandi of the violent man. Exposing the patterns of aggression and showing, by contrast, what is missing—respect and support—is the simplest way to raise awareness so that a potential abuser does not become an actual one.
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