AS Roma's red bench dismantled at Sapienza University amid gender violence protest
Club News·13 December 2023·938d ago

AS Roma's red bench dismantled at Sapienza University amid gender violence protest

Source: Repubblica – Roma

Student collectives at Sapienza University in Rome dismantled a red bench donated by AS Roma on 11 December, minutes after its inauguration, in protest against what they describe as symbolic activism without concrete action on gender-based violence. Members of the Zaum collective and the Coordinamento dei Collettivi removed the bench and threw it into a general waste bin, arguing that the gesture masked institutional inaction. The students contend that one anti-violence centre is insufficient for an institution with 150,000 enrolled students, particularly one operating only 7 hours per day for 5 days a week.

Rector Antonella Polimeni condemned the action as unjustifiable, noting that Sapienza had implemented concrete measures against gender violence, including the opening of an anti-violence centre in 2022. The university's academic senate issued a strong motion of condemnation. However, the collectives maintain their position: "We do not want red benches but concrete actions, that strike at the cause and not cry over the consequence." The protest generated further controversy when Claudia Lucci, a student senator aligned with Sapienza futura (an association close to the rector), compared the students to femicide perpetrators—a statement that drew sharp criticism from other student associations including Minerva, UDU, and Sinistra Universitaria. The collectives responded that such comparisons equated a woman's life with a bench and represented "deeply sexist" reasoning.

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13 Dicembre 2023 Aggiornato 21 Dicembre 2023 alle 16:53 3 minuti di lettura “La panchina rossa è solo una maschera che nasconde il nulla che Sapienza fa contro la violenza di genere”. È questo, in poche parole, il messaggio delle studentesse e degli studenti del collettivo Zaum che l’11 dicembre,…

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