For Adrien Quatennens, we must “undo internalized sexist mechanisms”

Adrien Quatennens was convicted, on December 13, 2022, of domestic violence and sentenced to four months in prison. “Several years ago, during a domestic dispute, I raised my hand and this gesture should not be minimized or trivialized. A slap is not acceptable and no context justifies it. I immediately regretted it, it never happened again, I didn’t wait to be blamed to regret it.”he says at Thomas Sotto’s microphone.
“A personal ordeal”, “a media lynching”, a “severe” sentencethe northern elected official says today he regrets “of having misunderstood at the time that certain words (…) were poorly chosen.” “Today, I won’t say them again”he adds.He recalls having followed an awareness training course at the request of his parliamentary group, France Insoumise. “The women who welcomed me and the structure they run helped me a lot. With them, I worked, I understood. (…) If we want to eradicate this violence, then we must undo certain mechanisms which are internalized in us, notably sexist mechanisms”. For him, “you can make mistakes and improve, you can make mistakes and regret them.”

“War crime”

Adrien Quatennens also confirmed the presence of an LFI delegation at the tribute to the victims French of the Hamas attack on October 7, scheduled for this Wednesday. After assuring the families of his “compassion” and its “sincere empathy”he returned to the actions of Hamas which he qualified “atrocious”. Asked about the terrorist nature of this attack, he said he was “appalled” by the media treatment reserved for LFI on the issue. “We were the first to condemn the actions of Hamas.” “We should be able to choose our words, without being suspected of anti-Semitism”, he defends himself. He described the attack as “war crime”saying it relies on international law. “It’s perhaps even worse than terrorism”he added.