Maybe we should thank abusers.

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Lately in my country, many men that have been the main reporters and people in the media for decades have been accused of abuse and harassment to women who worked with them. Many of them did not dare tell anyone what they went through, including very well known Chilean actresses. Now things are changing. It may be that in some cases people have not been so guilty. But we have to make people (and I don´t mean only men) that we must be respected. I was always respected, but I did not realize how lucky I was until I was quite old. It is a shame, and a centuries old shame, that women have not had a voice, equal paid jobs and the means to defend themselves. So, thinking about all that it is happening now, the investigations in the Chilean catholic church for decades of abuse, the harassment of so many people, I can only say that maybe the empowerment of the ones without voice have occurred because some of the well known abusers have been discovered and penalized. It is a moment of thinking about this and wishing that something good will come of it all.