The Government has shown its support to Ana Peleteiro in her fight against machismo

The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondothis Tuesday featured “courage“from the athlete Ana PeleteiroWHO She reported on social networks that she suffered abuse from a former partnerfor “raising his voice” and “helping” in this way to “build a society without machismo.”

Redondo, who would like to offer a few words to Pelleteiro On his arrival at the UNESCO Forum against Racism in Barcelona, ​​​​​​he stated that the words of the Olympic medalist in Tokyo 2020 show that it is “a sport and also a human reference”.

“We will not tolerate behaviors that undermine coexistence and are extremely harmful to women. Ana was very brave yesterday. I believe that all women who suffered sexual assault found themselves recognized in their testimony,” said the minister.

Redondo pointed out that the athlete’s attitude and words should be “praised” because “Raising your voice is sometimes complicated” and often “it’s not immediate because of pain, sadness and sometimes also fear”.

“And in that sense you have to be very understanding, very sympathetic with them and give them their time, but amplifying their voices is the important thing, because Spanish society must realize that this is a huge problem, a structural problem. A problem as important as the fact that this year 43 women have been killed by their partners or ex-partners,” the minister said.

Peleteiro, European champion and Olympic triple jump medalist in Tokyo 2020, denounced this Monday in a video published on his TikTok account that he suffered sexual assault and psychological abuse from a former partner, whom he did not identify.

“I woke up at night having sex without consent, and I still stayed. It has really changed everything about me, from the way I dress to my hair, to the way I act with my family. “He managed to keep me away from a lot of people, and I still stayed.”he pointed out.

The athlete detailed all the episodes she was going through at that stage with the goal that “it helps other girls not to stay, no matter how many times,” she pointed out at the beginning of the video on the social network, linked to the trend ‘and Still I stayed.’

In his story, The national record holder (14.87 meters) admitted how his former partner cheated on him: “He used a tempered glass, which you don’t allow to see the phone, unless you are facing him, because he always looks at his phone every time he writes. And even then, I stayed. Every time I suspected that it was communicating – talk to other people, to other women, because I am trying or about to discover an infidelity, he told me that I am completely crazy, that they are inventions in my mind and that I will end our relationship in so much distrust. However, I stayed.”

Peleteiro admitted his “mistake” in sharing so much time with herespecially since when the pandemic came, he left her alone “for four months” who had the opportunity to spend it together.

“I discovered that he had a double life, another secret relationship. But I stayed and forgave him. If I go to his house on the weekend, he disappears and suddenly I don’t know anything. And he all weekend he would say .to me, maybe one day, good morning, and he’ll make excuses saying he needs his space and I need to trust him and let him do those things, he testified .