How online abuse of women has spiraled out of control | Ashley Judd

Translator: Leslie Gauthier Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz

Translator: Enara Caride Reviewer: Xosé María Moreno

[This talk contains graphic language and descriptions of sexual violence]

[Esta charla contén linguaxe gráfica e descricións de violencia sexual.]

[Viewer discretion is advised]

[Aviso para os espectadores]

"Ashley Judd, stupid fucking slut.

"Ashley Judd, vaia unha lurpia estúpida"

"You can't sue someone for calling them a cunt."

"Non podes demandar a alguén por chamarlle filla de puta"

"If you can't handle the Internet, fuck off, whore."

"Se non es quen de manexar Internet, que che dean, puta"

"I wish Ashley Judd would die a horrible death.

"Ogallá Ashley Judd teña unha morte horrible.

She is the absolute worst."

Ela é o peor."

"Ashley Judd, you're the reason women shouldn't vote."

"Ashley Judd, ti es o motivo polo cal as mulleres non deberían votar."

"'Twisted' is such a bad movie,

"'Twisted' é unha película tan mala,

I don't even want to rape it."

que nin sequera quero violala."

"Whatever you do,

"Fagas o que fagas,

don't tell Ashley Judd. She'll die alone with a dried out vagina."

non llo digas a Ashley Judd. Ha morrer soa coa vaxina seca."

"If I had to fuck an older woman,

"Se tivese que tirarme a unha muller maior,

oh my God,

meu Deus,

I would fuck the shit out of Ashley Judd,

tiraríame a Ashley Judd,

that bitch is hot af.

a puta está de moi bo ver.

The unforgivable shit I would do to her."

As cousas tan imperdoables que lle faría."

Online misogyny is a global gender rights tragedy,

A misoxinia en Internet é unha traxedia global para os dereitos de xénero,

and it is imperative that it ends.

e é fundamental que remate.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

Girls' and women's voices,

As voces das mozas e mulleres,

and our allies' voices are constrained in ways

e as voces dos nosos aliados están constantemente restrinxidas en xeitos

that are personally, economically,

que son personal, económica,

professionally and politically damaging.

profesional e políticamente daniños.

And when we curb abuse,

E cando freemos o abuso,

we will expand freedom.

expandiremos a liberdade.

I am a Kentucky basketball fan,

Son seareira de Kentucky en baloncesto,

so on a fine March day last year,

así que un agradable día do marzo pasado,

I was doing one of the things I do best:

estaba a facer unha das cousas que mellor se me dan:

I was cheering for my Wildcats.

animar os meus Wildcats.

The daffodils were blooming,

Os narcisos estaban en flor,

but the referees were not blowing the whistle when I was telling them to.

mais os árbitros non sopraban o chifre cando eu llelo dicía.

(Laughter)

(Risas)

Funny, they're very friendly to me before the opening tip,

É gracioso. Foron moi simpáticos comigo antes do partido

but they really ignore me during the game.

mais logo ignoráronme durante o mesmo.

(Laughter)

(Risas)

Three of my players were bleeding, so I did the next best thing ...

Tres dos meus xogadores sangraban, así que fixen o segundo que mellor que sei...

I tweeted.

Chiei.

[@ArkRazorback dirty play can kiss my team's free throw making a --

[@ArkRazorback o xogo sucio cómese o tiro libre do meu equipo...

@KySportsRadio @marchmadness @espn Bloodied 3 players so far.]

@KySportsRadio @marchmadness@espn por agora hai tres xogadores sangrando.]

It is routine for me to be treated in the ways I've already described to you.

É normal que me traten como vos describín antes.

It happens to me every single day

Sucédeme todos os días

on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

en redes sociales e plataformas coma Twitter ou Facebook.

Since I joined Twitter in 2011,

Desde que entrei en Twitter en 2011,

misogyny and misogynists have amply demonstrated

a misoxinia e os misóxinos demostraron de abondo

they will dog my every step.

que me menosprezarán en cada paso que dea.

My spirituality, my faith,

A miña espiritualidade, fe,

being a hillbilly -- I can say that, you can't --

sendo unha pailana -- eu podo dicilo, ti non --

all of it is fair game.

e todo é xogo limpio.

And I have responded to this with various strategies.

E respondín con varias estratexias.

I've tried engaging people.

Tratei de enfrontarme.

This one guy was sending me hypersexual, nasty stuff,

Este tipo mandábame cousas desagradables, hipersexuais,

and there was a girl in his avatar.

e no seu avatar había unha moza.

I wrote him back and said ...

Eu contesteille e dixen...

"Is that your daughter?

"É esa a túa filla?

I feel a lot of fear that you may think about

Dáme medo o feito de que poidas pensar

and talk to women this way."

e falar deste xeito das mulleres."

And he surprised me by saying,

E sorprendeume dicindo,

"You know what? You're right. I apologize."

"Sabes que? Tes razón. Sintoo."

Sometimes people want to be held accountable.

Ás veces, a xente quere responsabilizarse.

This one guy was musing to I don't know who

Este tipo estaba discutindo con quen sabe quen

that maybe I was the definition of a cunt.

se eu era quizais a definición de puta.

I was married to a Scot for 14 years,

Estiven casada cun escocés 14 anos,

so I said, "Cunt means many different things in different countries --

así que dixen, "Puta quere dicir diferentes cousas segundo o país --

(Laughter)

(Risas)

but I'm pretty sure you epitomize the global standard of a dick."

"... mais teño a acerteza de que representades o estándar global

(Laughter)

de imbécil." (Risas)

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

I've tried to rise above it, I've tried to get in the trenches,

Tratei de superalo, intentei atrincherarme,

but mostly I would scroll through these social media platforms

e trataría sobre todo de pasar a través destas redes sociais

with one eye partially closed, trying not to see it,

cun ollo medio pechado tratando de non velo,

but you can't make a cucumber out of a pickle.

pero non se lle pode pedir pan ao vento.

What is seen goes in.

O que se ve, permanece.

It's traumatic.

É traumático.

And I was always secretly hoping in some part of me

Unha parte de min esperou sempre secretamente

that what was being said to me and about me wasn't ...

que o que se dicía de min e sobre min non fose...

true.

verdade.

Because even I,

Porque incluso eu,

an avowed, self-declared feminist,

unha autoproclamada e recoñecida feminista,

who worships at the altar of Gloria --

que reza no altar da Gloria --

(Laughter)

(Risas)

internalize the patriarchy.

internalizo o patriarcado.

This is really critical.

Este é un punto clave.

Patriarchy is not boys and men.

O patriarcado non só son os mozos e homes.

It is a system in which we all participate,

É un sistema no que todos participamos,

including me.

incluída eu.

On that particular day, for some reason,

Aquel día en concreto, por algunha razón,

that particular tweet after the basketball game

aquel chío tralo partido

triggered something called a "cyber mob."

desencadeou algo chamado "Mafia cibernética."

This vitriolic, global outpouring of the most heinous hate speech:

Un fluxo global e corrosivo das máis crueis declaracións de odio:

death threats, rape threats.

ameazas de morte, ameazas de violación.

And don't you know,

E non sabedes,

when I was sitting at home alone in my nightgown,

cando estaba soa na casa, sentada, coa miña bata,

I got a phone call, and it was my beloved former husband,

recibín unha chamada, e era do meu querido ex-esposo,

and he said on a voice mail,

dicía nunha mesaxe de voz,

"Loved one ...

"Querida...

what is happening to you is not OK."

o que che está a suceder non está ben."

And there was something about him taking a stand for me that night ...

E houbo algo no xeito en que me defendeu aquela noite...

that allowed me to take a stand for myself.

que me permitiu pronunciarme.

And I started to write.

E comecei a escribir.

I started to write about sharing the fact

Comecei a escribir compartindo o feito de que son

that I'm a survivor of all forms of sexual abuse,

unha supervivente de todos os tipos de abuso sexual,

including three rapes.

incluídas tres violacións.

And the hate speech I get in response to that --

E as mensaxes de odio que recibín en resposta --

these are just some of the comments posted to news outlets.

Estes son algúns dos comentarios publicados nos medios informativos.

Being told I'm a "snitch" is really fun.

Que me chamen acusona é moi divertido.

[Jay: She enjoyed every second of it!!!!!]

[Jay: Disfrutouno cada segundo!!!!!]

Audience: Oh, Lord Jesus.

Audiencia: Meu Deus!

Ashley Judd: Thank you, Jesus. May your grace and mercy shine.

Ashley Judd: Grazas, Deus. Que a túa graza e misericordia brillen.

So, I wrote this feminist op-ed, it is entitled,

Daquela escribín un artículo feminista, chamado:

"Forget Your Team:

"Esquece o teu equipo:

It Is Your Online Gender Violence Toward Girls And Women

é a túa violencia de xénero contra as mulleres en internet

That Can Kiss My Righteous Ass."

a que pode beixar o meu virtuoso cu."

(Laughter)

(Risas)

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

And I did that alone, and I published it alone,

E fixen isto soa, e publiqueino soa,

because my chief advisor said,

porque o meu asesor principal dixo,

"Please don't,

"Non o fagas, por favor,

the rain of retaliatory garbage that is inevitable --

a avalancha de sandeces que recibirás será inevitable --

I fear for you."

teño medo por ti."

But I trust girls and I trust women,

Pero eu confío nas nenas e confío nas mulleres,

and I trust our allies.

e confío nos nosos aliados.

It was published, it went viral,

Publicouse, foi viral,

it proves that every single day

proba que cada día

online misogyny is a phenomenon endured by us all,

a misoxinia nas redes é un fenómeno que todos sufrimos,

all over the world,

en todo o mundo,

and when it is intersectional,

e cando é intersectorial

it is worse.

é peor.

Sexual orientation, gender identity,

Orientación sexual, identidade de xénero,

race, ethnicity, religion --

raza, etnia ou relixión...

you name it,

menciónao,

it amplifies the violence endured by girls and women,

isto amplifica a violencia que sofren mozas e mulleres,

and for our younger girls, it is worse.

e no caso das nenas, é peor.

It's clearly traumatizing.

É, sen dúbida, traumático.

Our mental health, our emotional well-being

A nosa saúde mental, o noso benestar emocional

are so gravely affected

quedan gravemente afectados

because the threat of violence

porque a ameaza de violencia

is experienced neurobiologically as violence.

é entendida neurobioloxicamente como violencia.

The cortisol shoots up, the limbic system gets fired,

O cortisol dispárase, o sistema límbico acelérase

we lose productivity at work.

e perdemos produtividade no traballo.

And let's talk about work.

E falemos do traballo.

Our ability to work is constrained.

A nosa capacidade para traballar está limitada.

Online searches of women applying for jobs reveal nude pictures of them,

Buscas en liña de mulleres que piden traballo que revelan fotos súas espidas,

false allegations they have STDs,

denuncias falsas de que teñen ETS,

their addresses indicating that they are available for sex

os seus enderezos indicando que están sexualmente dispoñibles

with real examples

con exemplos reais

of people showing up at this house for said sex.

de xente que aparece nesas casas para ter sexo.

Our ability to go to school is impaired.

A nosa capacidade para ir á escola viuse prexudicada.

96 percent of all postings

O 96 por cento das publicacións

of sexual images of our young people ...

de imaxes sexuais de xente nova

girls.

pertencen a rapazas.

Our girls.

Ás nosas rapazas.

Our boys are two to three times more likely --

Os nosos rapaces teñen unha probabilidade

nonconsensually --

de compartir imaxes sen consentimento

to share images.

de dúas a tres veces máis cás rapazas.

And I want to say a word about revenge porn.

E quero dicir algo sobre o porno como vinganza

Part of what came out of this tweet

Parte do que resultou deste chío

was my getting connected with allies and other activists

foi relacionarme con aliados e outros activistas

who are fighting for a safe and free internet.

que loitan por un internet libre e seguro.

We started something called the Speech Project;

Comezamos algo que nomeamos Proxecto Discurso;

curbing abuse, expanding freedom.

freando o abuso, expandindo liberdade.

And that website provides a critical forum,

E esta páxina web ofrece un foro de críticas,

because there is no global, legal thing

xa que non hai nada global ou legal

to help us figure this out.

que nos axude a resolver isto.

But we do provide on that website a standardized list of definitions,

Mais o que si ofrecemos é unha lista estandarizada de definicións,

because it's hard to attack a behavior in the right way

porque é complicado atacar un comportamento no xeito correcto

if we're not all sharing a definition of what that behavior is.

se non compartimos unha definición do que ese comportamento é.

And I learned that revenge porn is often dangerously misapplied.

E aprendín que adoita facerse un mal uso, así como perigoso, do porno por vinganza.

It is the nonconsensual sharing of an image

Trátase de compartir unha imaxe sen consentimento,

used tactically to shame and humiliate a girl or woman

empregada estratexicamente para avergoñar e humillar a unha moza ou muller

that attempts to pornography us.

que trata de converternos en pornografía.

Our natural sexuality is --

A nosa sexualidade natural é,

I don't know about yours -- pretty gorgeous and wonderful.

non sei a como é a vosa, marabillosa.

And my expressing it does not pornography make.

E o meu desexo por expresalo non o converte en pornografía.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

So, I have all these resources

Eu teño todos estes recursos

that I'm keenly aware so many people in the world do not.

que seguro que moita xente no mundo non ten.

I was able to start the Speech Project with colleagues.

Eu puiden comezar o Proxecto Discurso con compañeiros.

I can often get a social media company's attention.

Ás veces teño a atención das empresas de redes sociais.

I have a wonderful visit to Facebook HQ coming up.

Teño proximamente unha estupenda visita á sede de Facebook.

Hasn't helped the idiotic reporting standards yet ...

Os estúpidos criterios para denunciar aínda non me axudaron...

I actually pay someone to scrub my social media feeds,

De feito, págolle a alguén para que limpe as miñas redes sociais,

attempting to spare my brain

intentando liberar o meu cerebro

the daily iterations of the trauma of hate speech.

dunha repetición diaria do trauma da incitación ao odio.

And guess what?

E sabedes que?

I get hate speech for that.

Recibo máis odio por iso.

"Oh, you live in an echo chamber."

"Oh, vives nun cuarto insonorizado."

Well, guess what?

Ben, e sabedes que?

Having someone post a photograph of me with my mouth open

Ter a alguén poñendo fotografías de min coa boca aberta

saying they "can't wait to cum on my face,"

dicindo que "non poden esperar para corrérseme na cara,"

I have a right to set that boundary.

dáme o dereito de poñer eses límites.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

And this distinction between virtual and real is specious

E esta distinción entre virtual e real é enganosa

because guess what --

porque sabedes,

that actually happened to me once when I was a child,

isto realmente sucedeume unha vez cando nena,

and so that tweet brought up that trauma,

e cando ese chío espertou este trauma,

and I had to do work on that.

tiven que loitar contra el.

But you know what we do? We take all of this hate speech,

Mais sabedes o que facemos? Collemos toda esta incitación ao odio,

and we disaggregate it,

dividímola,

and we code it,

codificámola,

and we give that data

e damos eses datos

so that we understand the intersectionality of it:

de xeito que entendamos a súa interseccionalidade:

when I get porn,

cando recibo porno,

when it's about political affiliation,

cando se trata de afiliación política,

when it's about age, when it's about all of it.

cando se trata da idade, ou de todo iso xunto.

We're going to win this fight.

Imos gañar esta liorta.

There are a lot of solutions --

Hai moitas solucións...

thank goodness.

grazas a Deus.

I'm going to offer just a few,

Vouvos dar só algunhas,

and of course I challenge you to create and contribute your own.

e, por suposto, rétovos a que creedes e contribuades coas vosas.

Number one: we have to start with digital media literacy,

Número un: temos que comezar coa alfabetización dos medios dixitais,

and clearly it must have a gendered lens.

e claramente debe haber un enfoque de xénero.

Kids, schools, caregivers, parents:

Nenos, escolas, coidadores, pais:

it's essential.

é esencial.

Two ...

Dous...

shall we talk about our friends in tech?

Deberiamos falar cos nosos amigos informáticos?

Said with dignity and respect,

Dito con dignidade e respecto,

the sexism in your workplaces must end.

o sexismo nos nosos lugares de traballo ten que rematar.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

(Cheers)

(Ovación)

EDGE,

EDGE (Economic Dividends for Gender Equality)

the global standard for gender equality,

o estándar global para a igualdade de xénero,

is the minimum standard.

é o mínimo estándar.

And guess what, Silicon Valley?

E sabedes que, Silicon Valley?

If L'Oréal in India,

Se L'Oreal pode facelo

in the Philippines, in Brazil

en India, en Filipinas,

and in Russia can do it,

en Brasil e en Rusia,

you can, too.

vós tamén podedes.

Enough excuses.

Non hai escusa que valla.

Only when women have critical mass in every department at your companies,

Só cando as mulleres acaden o número necesario en cada departamento das vosas

including building platforms from the ground up,

empresas, incluíndo a creación de plataformas desde cero,

will the conversations about priorities and solutions change.

cambiarán as conversacións sobre as prioridades e as solucións.

And more love for my friends in tech:

E máis amor para os meus amigos informáticos:

profiteering off misogyny in video games must end.

tense que rematar o lucrarse coa misoxinia nos videoxogos.

I'm so tired of hearing you talk to me at cocktail parties --

Estou cansa de que me faledes nos cócteles

like you did a couple weeks ago in Aspen --

--como fixestes hai un par de semanas en Aspen --

about how deplorable #Gamergate was,

sobre o desprezable que era #Gamergate,

when you're still making billions of dollars off games

cando facedes miles de millóns de dólares grazas a xogos

that maim and dump women for sport.

que feren e deixan tiradas ás mulleres por deporte.

Basta! -- as the Italians would say.

Basta! -- como dirían os italianos.

Enough.

Abonda.

(Applause)

(Aplauso)

Our friends in law enforcement have much to do,

Os nosos amigos das forzas de seguridade teñen moito que facer,

because we've seen

xa que vimos

that online violence is an extension of in-person violence.

que a violencia en internet é unha extensión da violencia en persoa.

In our country,

No noso país,

more girls and women have been murdered by their intimate partners

morreron máis mozas e mulleres asasinadas polos seus compañeiros sentimentais

than died on 9/11

das que morreron no 11/9

and have died since in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

e das que morreron desde entón tanto en Afganistán coma en Iraq.

And it's not cool to say that,

E non é moi "guai" dicilo

but it is true.

mais é verdade.

We care so much geopolitically about what men are doing over there

Xeopoliticamente, preocupámonos máis sobre o que os homes lle están a facer

to women over there ...

ás mulleres alá...

In 2015,

En 2015,

72,828 women used intimate partner violence services in this country.

72,828 mulleres empregaron os servizos contra a violencia de xénero no país.

That is not counting the girls and women and boys who needed them.

E iso sen contar ás mozas, mulleres e mozos que os precisaron.

Law enforcement must be empowered

O corpo de seguridade debe reforzarse

with up-to-date internet technology,

cunha tecnoloxía de internet,

the devices and an understanding of these platforms --

dispositivos e unha comprensión desas plataformas actualizadas--

how they work.

a como traballan.

The police wanted to be helpful when Amanda Hess called

A policía quería ser útil cando Amanda Hess chamou

about the death threat she was getting on Twitter,

polas ameazas de morte que estaba a recibir en Twitter,

but they couldn't really when they said,

mais realmente non puideron cando dixeron,

"What's Twitter?"

"Que é Twitter?"

Our legislators must write and pass astute legislation

Os nosos lexisladores deben redactar e aprobar unha lexislación intelixente

that reflects today's technology

que reflicta a nosa tecnoloxía actual

and our notions of free and hate speech.

e as nocións que temos da liberdade e da incitación ao odio.

In New York recently, the law could not be applied to a perpetrator

Recentemente en Nova York, a lei non puido aplicarse a un delincuente

because the crimes must have been committed --

porque os delitos seguramente se cometeron,

even if it was anonymous --

mesmo se foron anónimos,

they must have been committed by telephone, in mail,

deberon cometerse por teléfono, por mail,

by telegraph --

por telégrafo...

(Laughter)

(Risas)

The language must be technologically neutral.

A linguaxe debe ser tecnoloxicamente neutra.

So apparently,

Polo que parece,

I've got a pretty bold voice.

teño unha voz bastante firme.

So, let's talk about our friends ...

De xeito que imos falar dos nosos amigos...

white men.

os brancos.

You have a role to play and a choice to make.

Tedes un papel que interpretar e decisións que tomar.

You can do something,

Podedes facer algo

or you can do nothing.

ou non facer nada.

Agora hai un bo ambiente na sala,

We're cool in this room,

but when this goes out, everyone will say,

mais cando isto remate todo o mundo dirá,

"Oh my God, she's a reverse racist."

"Mi madriña, é unha racista á inversa"

That quote was said by a white man, Robert Moritz,

Iso foi o que dixo un home branco, Robert Moritz,

chairperson, PricewaterhouseCoopers,

presidente do PricewaterhouseCoopers,

he asked me to include it in my talk.

e que me pediu o incluíse nesta charla.

We need to grow support lines and help groups,

É preciso incrementar as liñas de apoio e os grupos de axuda,

so victims can help each other

para que as vítimas poidan axudarse entre si

when their lives and finances have been derailed.

cando as súas vidas e finanzas descarrilen.

We must as individuals disrupt gender violence as it is happening.

Como individuos debemos deter a violencia de xénero cando se produza.

92 percent of young people

O 92 por cento da xente nova

29 and under witness it.

con 29 anos e menos presenciouna.

72 percent of us have witnessed it.

O 72 por cento de nós presenciámola.

We must have the courage and urgency

Precisamos ter o valor e a urxencia

to practice stopping it as it is unfolding.

para adestrarnos en parala cando se estea producindo.

And lastly,

E para rematar,

believe her.

crédea.

Believe her.

Crédea.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

This is fundamentally a problem of human interaction.

Basicamente, este é un problema de interacción humana.

And as I believe that human interaction is at the core of our healing,

E como penso que a interacción humana é o centro da nosa salvación,

trauma not transformed will be trauma transferred.

un trauma que non se transforma será un trauma transferido.

Edith Wharton said, "The end is latent in the beginning,"

Edith Wharton dixo, "O final está latente no inicio,"

so we are going to end this talk replacing hate speech with love speech.

de xeito que remataremos substituíndo a incitación ao odio pola do amor.

Because I get lonely in this,

Porque me sinto soa nisto,

but I know that we are allies.

mais sei que somos aliados.

I recently learned

Hai pouco aprendín

about how gratitude and affirmations offset negative interactions.

como a gratitude e as afirmacións compensan as interaccións negativas.

It takes five of those to offset one negative interaction,

Necesítanse cinco boas para contrarrestar unha negativa,

and gratitude in particular --

e a gratitude en particular --

free, available globally any time, anywhere,

libre, dispoñible globalmente en calquera momento e lugar,

to anyone in any dialect --

para calquera en calquera dialecto--

it fires the pregenual anterior cingulate,

dispara o córtex cingular anterior prexenual,

a watershed part of the brain

unha parte importante do cerebro

that floods it with great, good stuff.

que se inunda de cousas boas e estupendas.

So I'm going to say awesome stuff about myself.

Así que vou dicirme a min mesma cousas asombrosas.

I would like for you to reflect it back to me.

E gustaríame que enfaticedes a resposta.

It might sound something like this --

Pode soar algo semellante a isto--

(Laughter)

(Risas)

I am a powerful and strong woman, and you would say, "Yes, you are."

Son unha muller poderosa e forte, e vós diredes, "Si, abofé."

Audience: Yes, you are.

Audiencia: si, abofé.

Ashley Judd: My mama loves me.

Ashley Judd: miña nai quéreme.

A: Yes, she does.

A: Sí, quérete.

AJ: I did a great job with my talk.

AJ: Fixen un bo traballo coa miña charla.

A: Yes, you did.

A: Si, fixéchelo.

AJ: I have a right to be here.

AJ: Teño dereito a estar aquí.

A: Yes, you do.

A: Si, telo.

AJ: I'm really cute.

AJ: Son moi riquiña.

(Laughter)

(Risas)

A: Yes, you are.

A: Si, es.

AJ: God does good work.

AJ: Deus fai un bo traballo.

A: Yes, He does.

A: Si, faino.

AJ: And I love you.

AJ: E eu quérovos.

Thank you so much for letting me be of service.

Moitísimas gracias por deixarme ser de axuda.

Bless you.

Que Deus vos bendiga.

(Applause)

(Aplauso)