'Worrying trend' of men grabbing women’s backsides in public- Premier
Dr Wheatley was at the time responding to the question of whether or not the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) is prepared to touch on sexual assault within the territory and the possibility of establishing a Sexual Offender Registry.
The Premier was part of a panel discussion titled 'Let's Chew on the Issue' and live-streamed on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Facebook page on April 6, 2023.
'Worrying trend'
“I’m noticing a worrying trend where there is like a lot of disrespect to women, like a woman’s walking by, you grab the woman on her behind and all of these type of things that I’m seeing become a bigger trend. People are becoming more aggressive, even in a public setting with women and I think that we have to come together as a society and say ‘no tolerance’ for that,” Dr Wheatley noted.
He also turned his attention to various other forms of abuse against women, which he noted seem to have been “normalised” by members of society and which are becoming worrying issues that need to be addressed.
“We’ve seen a very worrying trend in things like sexual assault, not just sexual assault but domestic violence. The Deputy Premier and I, we sit in the National Security Council and we get regular reports from the Police Commissioner- crime reports, and that is something that we both raised concern on in National Security Council and we’ve asked for strategy. We’ve demanded that the Police Commissioner put a strategy in place to deal with issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, etcetera, and of course to work collaboratively with ourselves and the elected government to address that worrying trend,” Dr Wheatley added.
Society-wide effort needed
He further stated that they are fully committed to addressing the challenges and have even brought in the Ministry of Health and Social Development to give a particular presentation.
Dr Wheatley stressed; however, that it has to be a society-wide effort.
“It has to have our churches, it has to have our schools. A lot of the young people who are being abused, they come to school and so it takes like a teacher to recognise the signs, to see that something is wrong. And then that teacher is obligated to report to Social Development, Social Development is obligated to report to the Police,” he continued.
According to the Premier, a very broad conversation also needs to be had about individual values, since he noted in some cases a blind eye is turned on men with underage females and this is something that has become normalised and needs to be called out.
“It’s something that we need to educate, in particular, our young men but also our young women about,” Dr Wheatley said.
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28 Responses to “'Worrying trend' of men grabbing women’s backsides in public- Premier”
It stems from JEALOUSY.
Families , relatives feel you must shut your mouth if their relatives abiuse you . This needs to stop
If someone puts their hands on you, BREAK IT OFF! Grab them while they are grabbing you and yell as loud as you can to bring attention to them. Don't be afraid of these cowards at all. Let everyone know what they just did! If it's your boss, so what, sue their @£$ and make it public. You'll get another job, freak that SH**E!
WELL KNOWN , BUT PROTECTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS . BUT ALL YOU CAN READ IS ABOUT , IS THE GOVERNOR / RACISM ,
AND COLONIALISM BY WIGO THE WACO , AND HERE YOUR
LISTEN PEOPLE THERE'S A CERTAIN WOMAN WHO JUST COMPLAINED TO ME HOW MY HUSBAND TOUCH HER BOTTOM IN THE WORK PLACE AND SHE NOT LIKE IT. YET THE HUSBAND IS SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO ME, THAT IS SHE STARTED GRABBING AT HIS BOTTOM THEN CROUTCH. SO WHICH ONE IS LYING??
HE SAID SHE CONTINUE DOING IT ON A DAILY BASIS AND HE HAD TO PUT THE CANDY ON HER SLACK SELF. THE WOMAN WENT FURTHER AND SENT MY HUSBAND A NASTY PIC OF HER BODY PARTS AFTER SHE COMPLAINED TO ME.
I still understand what the premier is saying. But on the other hand , this premier was in support of the other wheatley giving Stature /Status to a Rapist.. can you feel the linkage.?.
A Concern
While it is a concern and a social issue of men sexually harassing women - some women are at fault. Some Women are dressing half naked and exposing themselves to the men. Look at how half naked them dressing - them breast out, them bottom out, them back out, them side out, them leg and p*$$ out - What do you expect.?
Some of them have on these short tight pants and dresses exposing themselves - What do you expect? Some of them come in the Churches dress the same way like they going to a disco. Look at how they dress in these costumes for Festival. What do you expect? This statement was written by a woman.