Eve Ensler: The profound power of an authentic apology
Eve Ensler: O poder profundo de um pedido de desculpas sincero
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Full bio
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we've been calling men out.
temos enfrentado os homens.
we need to do something even harder.
ainda mais difícil.
Tony Porter says,
meu bom amigo Tony Porter,
de chamá-los para uma conversa.
when I was five years old.
a abusar sexualmente de mim
in the middle of the night.
no meio da noite.
quando eu tinha dez anos,
and shame all the time,
e vergonha o tempo todo,
e homens perigosos
to treat me badly,
convidei - a me tratarem mal,
taught me love was.
que isso era amor.
for my father to apologize to me.
que meu pai se desculpasse comigo.
scandals of famous men,
de homens famosos,
or physical violence
à vítima dele.
deep apology be like?
sincero e profundo?"
began to come through me.
a se manifestar para mim.
the way to move forward
de quem eles abusam.
é um compromisso sagrado.
self-interrogation and time.
de desculpas tem quatro etapas
I'd like to take you through them.
gostaria de ajudá-los a entendê-las.
em detalhes, o que fez.
what, in detail, you did.
o que aconteceu de verdade.
in the middle of the night,
I was jealous of you
actually did occur.
is you have to ask yourself why.
que se perguntar o porquê.
assombrados pelo porquê.
to sexually abuse his eldest daughter?
abusar sexualmente da filha mais velha?
and smash it against a wall?
e a quebraria na parede?
the other children.
nascido muito após os demais.
that became "the miracle."
que se tornou "o milagre".
as the golden boy.
como o garoto de ouro.
que você seja perfeito
to this impossible ideal,
a esse ideal impossível
lhe permitiram ser ele mesmo.
all those feelings underground,
todos esses sentimentos,
later became Shadowman,
mais tarde, o "Homem das Sombras",
his torrent on me.
sua enxurrada sobre mim.
to open your heart
as you were abusing her.
quando você estava abusando dela.
o horror, a deslealdade
of your abuse on your victim.
de seu abuso sobre sua vítima.
you have caused.
com o sofrimento que causou.
for what you have done
pelo que você fez
such a grueling and humbling process?
por um processo tão árduo e humilhante?
that will set yourself free.
that will set your victim free.
violence on another person
violência contra outra pessoa
from the effects themselves.
and contaminating spirit,
sombrio e contaminador,
throughout your entire life.
que escrevi - aprendi algo
we have to look through
pela qual temos que olhar
of men's violence
da violência masculina
other women have survived.
de outras mulheres sobrevivemos.
primeiro ao castigo.
mas, na verdade,
sometimes is effective,
but it doesn't teach us.
insensíveis, mas não nos ensina.
that may involve punishment,
que possa envolver castigo,
something and someone else.
se tornar algo e alguém diferente.
connected to my father's story.
conectada à história de meu pai.
wasn't just for my father to be stopped.
que fizessem meu pai parar.
que pedisse desculpas.
sejam destruídos,
the victims that they have harmed,
as vítimas a quem fizeram mal -
que isso seja possível.
que é o nosso caminho adiante.
juntem-se a nós.
and be part of this transformation.
e façam parte dessa transformação.
calling men out,
enfrentando os homens
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eve Ensler - Playwright, activistEve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere.
Why you should listen
Inspired by intimate conversations with friends, Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues. The play recounts tender, funny, gripping and horrifying stories she gathered from hundreds of women about their bodies, their sexual experiences, and yes, their vaginas. Since its first staging in 1996, it has been translated into more than 45 languages, performed in more than 120 countries and re-created as an HBO film.
The Vagina Monologues' success allowed Ensler to create V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, which has so far raised $85 million to prevent violence and protect abused women. In February 2011, Ensler received the Isabelle Stephenson Tony Award for her philanthropic work. Ensler has also drawn praise for The Good Body, a play that cuts to women's obsession with their appearance, and her film What I Want My Words to Do to You, which portrays a writing group she leads at a correctional facility for women. Today, she continues to find new projects and push the envelope. Her latest play, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, hit the New York Times bestseller list and just wrapped a workshop production in Johannesburg -- nest stop is Paris and then Berkeley in June 2012.
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