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A PROGRAMME BROADCAST on Moroccan state television advised women on how to cover up bruising and other evidence of domestic violence using makeup.
The feature was shown during a daily programme called Sabahiyat on the television station 2M, broadcast on 23 November.
It shows a cosmetic artist demonstrating how to cover up the signs of violence on a woman sitting in her makeup chair.
The supposed bruising on the model’s face was also created using makeup.
The segment was broadcast as a tie-in with the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, celebrated on Friday 25 November.
If you can not view this video you can do so at this link.
After a public outcry in Morocco, the station removed the clip from its website on Friday.
The station said in a statement on Facebook that the segment was “completely inappropriate and displays a lack of editorial understanding due to the sensitivity and seriousness of the subject of violence against women”.
The makeup artist in question, Lilia Mouline, has since said that “in no way are we endorsing (domestic violence)”, reports website Morocco World News.
“We are here to provide solutions to these women who, for a period of two to three weeks, are putting their social life aside while their wounds heal,” Mouline said.
These women have already been subjected to moral humiliation and do not need to also have others looking at them. Makeup allows women to continue to live normally while waiting for justice.
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Stay classy Morocco.
Maybe Ireland could do the same. The problems of domestic violence in Ireland are staggering. A recent report from a domestic violence charity, Women’s Aid, indicate that over 200 Women in Ireland have died in violent circumstances since 1996.
Think about it this way – this is an issue that is difficult to discuss on Moroccan TV as a political issue. Raising it as a beauty issue means it gets aired. Discussed.
@George Hogan: Rather less staggering than attitudes to women in Morocco.
@Mark Dee: Geert Wilders is currently on trial for mentioning the problems with Moroccans suffered by the Netherlands. TheDutch lefties who align themselves with Islam have been after his head since he made the video ‘Fitna’ and he now sleeps in a different ‘safe house’ each night and travels in an armoured car.
@Mark Dee: did a quick wikipedia search, was shocked to find the following ” Islam is the majority and constitutionally established state religion in Morocco”
@Marlowmallow
My comment was presented in relation to the silence that exists around domestic abuse in Ireland. Are you suggesting that discussion on domestic abuse in Ireland is unwarranted since greater abuses occur elsewhere?
@George Hogan: No, I’m suggesting that diverting the conversation on an article about Morocco to domestic abuse in Ireland which is, as you say, lesser, is wrong.
Hardly deflection: the vast majority of domestic abuse in all cultures is levelled at women. The fact that Morocco is trying to bring greater awareness of the problem by presenting the issue on TV is to be praised. Perhaps, in this area, we could learn from Morocco. The oxygen for domestic abuse is silence!
@George Hogan: we could learn from Morocco ? they have just broadcast a show for women on how to cover up their bruises using make up ..I doubt that they can even discuss domestic violence against women openly on tv over there..
@Susie
Don’t you think presenting the victims of domestic violence on TV is a very public display? Do you prefer the Irish version: “She walked into a door!”
@George Hogan: but they didn’t actually present real victims of DV though .. models with pretend bruises on their face . I do agree with you about the silence in Ireland about DV . It is not something a victim can talk about but that also comes down to fear aswell
@Susie
I should hope that they didn’t use real victims. That would be a horrendous intrusion for the victim to have their pain put on display for the nation to see. By presenting the programme in a less voyeuristic manner, that is by using models, the produces achieve the objective of raising awareness of domestic violence without compromising the integrity of the women involved.
Are ye joking George? Whenever I’m out and about its always the women who are batin the head off their fellas in Ireland. Wouldn’t happen in Morocco
Tough world out there for women. However, let’s not forget that within our families we must teach our children from the day they are born that we are all equal and we must treat each other with respect. That is the only this mindset can be changed.
@Bean Ui Mise: We should also teach them when they’re old enough that not everyone in the world agrees with those values or with how ‘respect’ should be defined.
It not exactly a walk in the park for some men also. Many men in this country are on the receiving end of viscous assaults from their partners too.
@mickmc: She was talking about the world rather than Ireland. I suspect you’d find, although no one would bother to ask, that Moroccan women are pretty unlikely to be beating their husbands in any significant numbers. Globally, women most certainly do get the sh*tty end of the stick in large parts of the world.
Coming to a sticky end in those viscous assaults are they Mick?
@mickmc: Right with you there Mick, domestic violence is far from a one-way thing, though it’s deemed un-PC to say so.
I wouldn’t bet on that Marlowemallow. People are generally the same all over the world regardless of religion.
@mickmc: Don’t be stupid, men and boys aren’t people.
@mickmc: No, Mick, they’re really not, never have been and never will be. Thankfully. Because a world in which we were all the same would be both inhuman and very dull.
@ mickmc: what’s a viscous assault, honey?
Neill .. trying to be funny ?
I think he’s just trying to point out the difference between viscous and vicious…
nah he was pointing out a spelling mistake …
So this programme went through the whole production process and aired? No one caught themselves thinking..”what the fck are we doing?” Wow
Trying to see your own mentality is like trying to bite your own teeth. Can’t be done.
Get burka. Put it on???
Maybe that’s the real reason for the veils.
I’m no tv production expert but surely it would have been better to do a programme speaking out about domestic violence instead of one about covering it up.
@David Thomas: Better for whom and by what measure? Look at Moroccan public opinion. It’s not Ireland. Those involved in the media in Morocco will reflect to some extent or another their own culture. Same as in every other culture.
There was a public backlash to the piece so I’m not sure that’s entirely true. However, i suspect domestic abuse isn’t viewed as a crime by many people in that country, rather just a way of life.
@Lisa Saputo: What’s not entirely true? That Moroccan people working in media will largely reflect Moroccan culture? It would be an extraordinary claim to say that they don’t. A public backlash against something they do would not in any way disprove that.
Better for the women obviously. And much better than an attitude of that’s just their culture. And who bettervto bring a national problembto the fore than the national broadcaster.
@David Thomas: Most Moroccan women share the same attitudes as Moroccan men, so, no, most of them would not necessarily agree that that would be better for them. That’s not ‘just’ their culture, it simply is their culture. And they’re the people best placed to change it if they so wish to.
@Marlow
You appear to have a very singular opinion of a culture you profess to know so well. Any particular reason for that?
I seriously doubt most moroccan women think being beaten is ok.
@George…. because in his mind absolutely everything is islam or the lefts fault. His comments about the murder in france yesterday were ridiculous!
@David Thomas: Did I say that they did? No, I didn’t. Misrepresentation is easier of course.
@George Hogan: Where did I profess to know Moroccan culture ‘so well’? Nowhere of course. And what is a ‘singular opinion’? As opposed to what, a multiple opinion?
You could just take the direct option and call me an islamophobe you know. It would save wasted typing for everyone. It’s obvious to most sane people that not all parts of the world are equally free and safe places for women. Why that seems to be so difficult for some people to accept is baffling.
@Marlowemallow:I like your style of writing …nicely put ….
@Marlowmallow
What do you mean by Islamophobe?
Im in Morocco right now and the men treat the women like dirt. Have done since day one. The comparrison to Ireland and rape in Ireland is irrelevant!
@David Walters: Shhh it’s racist and/or islamophobic to imply that some cultures are more violently sexist than others. Reality has a racism problem apparently.
It’s sad but true more Muslim Women are badly treated by their Husbands than most Countries.
@von: where are the usual Trump haters on articles like this? They want this attitude in western society.
@William Kavanagh: They’re hiding as usual. It’s not just the left which holds the following view as expressed by Wally AAA/PBP. Many Irish people repeat this empty soundbite and think anyone questioning it is racist although they won’t be quite sure why:
“People are basically the same irrespective of where they come from or what religion or none we profess. We all want to provide a decent and safe home for our families, food on the table, healthcare and education for our children and to have a decent job.”
Observing the real world we live in makes a nonsense of the above statement. But some version of that conviction lies behind a lot of mainstream attitudes to migration and integration.
Trump the fighter for equal rights for women!! Lol
@Deborah Behan: Did William say that Trump was a fighter for equal rights for women? No, of course he didn’t.
@Deborah Behan: More dishonesty? How do you live with yourself?
@Deborah Behan: when in doubt, spread bullshit…. Nice motto you have there…
Misogyny and male patriarchy is a feature of all Abrahamic religions.
Look at today’s incident in Thomondgate in Ireland when a male suspect of 28 was arrested on suspicion for torturing a 37 year old female victim by pouring acid or boiling hot water over her.
Violence against women is not confined to Muslim men. Some Irish men engage in such cruel, cowardly and evil conduct.
The SAVI Report confirms that Ireland has a lot to do in putting its own house in order in relation to the perpetration of violence by men against women.
Culture, religion and ethnicity do not excuse of validate cruelty towards men. The violence is committed when men, regardless of religion and culture, attack women and girls.
@Micheal OLainn: That’s right Michael and only last week in Tipperary, a woman was stabbed to death………oh wait, it was actually a man………..
@James Onedin: Michael, will we expect to see an RTE show showing how you can cover up burns and apologise to the man? No, who ever did this will be prosecuted. Do you notice that difference? Oh, and you reported me….. Ya big man….. You dish it, but cry like the usual cowards we expect from those countries, religions….
I’ve been to Morocco 3 times. The problem is most of there laws are based on a man being more powerfull than a woman. A woman cannot leave the country without her husband’s permission. And how many miles are they from Europe???????? Two. In Morocco it is illigal to criticize the king! And 3rd. Morocco is a police state run by the king (who is a dictator). When you arrive on a flight from Europe you are given a card on board where you need to state where you will be staying and doing in Morocco. This card is handed over to customs on arrival and entered into a computer. Then the police will come to your hotel to check if you are really staying where you said you were. They don’t talk to you directly but check on the computer in reception to see if you are staying there.
Scream quietly or the neighbours will hear.
It just defies logic doesn’t it. What ignoramus thought this up in the first place? How to cover up beating the crap out of your lady! I ask you.its just mind boggling.
Gerry, these state broadcasters are not free to air issues around family and religious abuse, it might be a beauty article but it brings the violence out into the open, very brave of them.
@HOTBank: It’s not a question of openness vs. subtlety. It’s a society in which 35% of people believe women who have sex before marriage may be killed for it vs a society in which virtually no one believes that. And most Irish women have more respect for what women in other parts of the world experience than to belittle it by claiming that it’s merely a question of degrees of subtlety.
@Marlowemallow: And Ireland is a society in which 21% believe sex without consent is okay and 7% think it’s okay to rape a woman who has the audacity to go out on her own.
@Daisy Chainsaw: Really, have you even noticed that when your first and only way to ‘debate’ is to deliberately misrepresent what the other person said, you’ve already lost. It’s an admission that you have nothing of substance to say.
No misrepresentation Marlowe. You are in effect denying that there is a problem of misogyny in Ireland. Your moral relativism argues that because there is a bigger problem in Morocco, which you link to Islam, we can ignore or dismiss the problem in Ireland. I know you will say I am putting words in your mouth but that is the logical conclusion of each of the arguments you have put up. Plus that study that showed 21% of Irish people think non consensual sex is okay in certain circumstances found that 80% of Hungarians felt the same. That hotbed of Islam, Hungary.
@HOTBank: No am not denying that, either in effect or in any other way. I never either said or implied that or that misogyny should be ignored or dismissed in Ireland. That is not the logical conclusion of anything I have said. If you genuinely believe that it is then go ahead and set out your logical reasoning for that conclusion.
All I have said is exactly what you just said – there is a bigger problem in Morocco. That’s not moral or, more accurately, cultural relativism. And what I am implying is that therefore allowing substantial numbers of Moroccan men to migrate to Ireland will make Ireland less safe and less free for women than it currently is. That’s it.
Is Morocco, or, say, Egypt, or Pakistan as free and safe for women as Ireland is? It’s a straightforward question that some people seem intent on avoiding.
“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
All about awareness
“Allah directs you as regards your children’s inheritance: to the male, a portion equal to that of two females” (Quran 4:11).
“Narrated ‘Aisha: The things which annul the prayers were mentioned before me. They said, “Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they pass in front of the praying people).” I said, ‘You have made us (i.e. women) dogs.’ I saw the Prophet praying while I used to lie in my bed between him and the Qibla. Whenever I was in need of something, I would slip away. for I disliked to face him.” (Sahih Bukhari 1.9.490)
Very sad and a different culture but one should ask if this was your daughter would you stand by?
And here’s the apologist ‘educating’ Americans about women in Islam:
“Male children inherit twice as much money from their parents, but all expenses for females are covered by the closest males in their lives….
…Many Americans believe that Islam promotes polygamy, which is allowed by Islam, but Chehabbedine said that Islam’s teachings on marriage serve to limit a man to four wives, rather than the limitless amount he could theoretically have outside of sharia….
…However, polyandry — a woman being married to multiple men — is prohibited, mostly because of lineage and inheritance rights…”
http://www.presspubs.com/forest_lake/news/article_51fc5684-b42b-11e6-a975-8b6aeb4dbec9.html
“I was shown Hell and I have never seen anything more terrifying than it. And I saw that the majority of its people are women.” They said, “Why, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Because of their ingratitude (kufr).” It was said, “Are they ungrateful to Allah?” He said, “They are ungrateful to their companions (husbands) and ungrateful for good treatment. If you are kind to one of them for a lifetime then she sees one (undesirable) thing in you, she will say, ‘I have never had anything good from you.’” (Sahih Bukhari 1052)
#NothingToDoWithIslam
Vile sick b….s .
Pewforum biggest fundraiser is the Fundamentalist Evangelical Protestant John Templeton Foundation, I question their motives therefore , many rightwing affiliated individuals use these figures on many forums
@Red Marauder: Then provide us with alternative, unbiased sources that disprove its findings. However biased they may be, they would have to be about, say, 99% wrong in the case of Afghan muslims who wish to live under sharia law in order for that country to have comparable attitudes to theocracy to Irish people.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XHPHRlWZk watch till the end, this was an abuse awareness video.
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