When violence, harassment of women, happens in front of everyone and no one intervenes, it means that everyone is complicit.
This restaurant has become for me a symbol of everything that must never happen again
Grave episode of violence and total indifference a dangerous place for every woman
I never thought I would write a review like this, but what I experienced in this restaurant was traumatic, unacceptable, and deeply alarming. This is not about poor service or a disappointing dinner. This is about a physical and psychological assault that occurred in a public space, in full view of everyone. During a dinner at this restaurant, I experienced a serious case of harassment that should never happen in any civilized place.
I went to the bathroom and found a man inside clearly drunk, and likely a regular customer. For a moment, I thought I had entered the wrong door, but I checked, and it was indeed the womenâs restroom. It was a shared unisex bathroom, so I waited outside until he left.
As soon as it was free, I entered. But he followed me in immediately and forced his way inside to molest me with full intent. I fought back, I screamed, and he even had the arrogance to gesture with his hand for me to "be quiet" a disgusting and intimidating act that I will never forget.
My shock was immense. But even more shocking was the silence, indifference, and total lack of reaction from the staff and everyone present.
Everyone saw what happened and no one did anything. The guests continued eating and drinking as if nothing had occurred. The restaurant staff waiters and managers completely ignored the situation. No one came to help me. No one asked what had happened. No one removed the aggressor. On the contrary, he continued drinking at the bar, chatting with the waiter as if nothing had happened.
" When violence happens in front of everyone and no one intervenes, it means everyone is complicit"
In 25 years of traveling the world including countries where one might expect less protection I have never experienced anything so dangerous, offensive, and traumatizing.
Ironically, it was here in France â a country that claims to be evolved and civilized â where I lived the worst experience of my life as a woman.
Violence against women is a global plague, but what makes it even more unbearable is the silent complicity of those who watch and do nothing.
In other countries, like the UK, police, citizens, and restaurant staff react immediately and protect the victim. Here, instead, the normalization of violence is shocking.
â ïž This place is dangerous. Not only because of the serious act itself, but because it is a den of silence, complicity, and indifference. Those who work here, those who eat here, those who watch and say nothing â are part of the problem.
âThis is an urgent call:
No more silence. No more acceptance that a woman can be harassed, touched, or attacked in a restaurant, in the street, or anywhere else.
If this happens in public, just imagine what happens in silence, in private, when no one sees and no one speaks.
đ„ Reporting is not enough: we must act, we must educate, we must isolate both the perpetrators and those who cover for them.
I wish this place the worst kind of failure â not commercial, but moral and social.
Anyone who does not protect a woman in danger does not deserve to exist in a world that calls itself civilized.
đŽ DO NOT ENTER THIS PLACE. IT IS DANGEROUS. đŽ SILENCE...
   Read moreQuand la violence et le harcĂšlement envers les femmes se produisent devant tout le monde et que personne nâintervient, cela signifie que tout le monde est complice.
Ce restaurant est devenu, pour moi, le symbole de tout ce qui ne doit plus jamais arriver.
Ăpisode grave de violence et dâindiffĂ©rence totale un lieu dangereux pour chaque femme
Je nâaurais jamais pensĂ© Ă©crire une critique pareille, mais ce que jâai vĂ©cu dans ce restaurant a Ă©tĂ© traumatisant, inacceptable et profondĂ©ment alarmant. Il ne sâagit pas dâun simple mauvais service ou dâun dĂźner dĂ©cevant. Il sâagit dâune agression physique et psychologique, survenue dans un lieu public, sous les yeux de tous.
Lors dâun dĂźner dans ce restaurant, jâai Ă©tĂ© victime dâun grave cas de harcĂšlement un acte qui ne devrait jamais se produire dans un lieu civilisĂ©.
Je suis allĂ©e aux toilettes et jây ai trouvĂ© un homme visiblement ivre, probablement un client habituel. Un instant, jâai cru mâĂȘtre trompĂ©e de porte, mais jâai vĂ©rifiĂ© : câĂ©tait bien les toilettes pour femmes. Il sâagissait en rĂ©alitĂ© de toilettes mixtes, jâai donc attendu dehors quâil sorte.
DĂšs quâil est sorti, je suis entrĂ©e. Mais il mâa immĂ©diatement suivie et a forcĂ© lâentrĂ©e pour me molester intentionnellement. Jâai hurlĂ©, je me suis dĂ©fendue, et il a mĂȘme eu lâarrogance de me faire un geste de la main pour me dire de "me taire" un acte abject et intimidant que je nâoublierai jamais.
Le choc a Ă©tĂ© immense. Mais encore plus choquants ont Ă©tĂ© le silence, lâindiffĂ©rence et lâabsence totale de rĂ©action de la part du personnel et des clients prĂ©sents.
Tout le monde a vu ce qui sâest passĂ© et personne nâa bougĂ©. Les clients ont continuĂ© Ă manger et Ă boire comme si de rien nâĂ©tait. Le personnel du restaurant serveurs et responsables a totalement ignorĂ© la situation. Personne nâest venu mâaider. Personne ne mâa posĂ© de question. Personne nâa Ă©vacuĂ© lâagresseur. Au contraire, il est restĂ© au bar, Ă boire et Ă discuter tranquillement avec le serveur comme si de rien nâĂ©tait.
" Quand la violence se produit devant tout le monde et que personne nâintervient, cela signifie que tout le monde est complice " En 25 ans de voyages Ă travers le monde y compris dans des pays oĂč lâon pourrait attendre moins de protection je nâai jamais vĂ©cu quelque chose dâaussi dangereux, offensant et traumatisant.
Ironie du sort, câest ici, en France, un pays qui se prĂ©tend Ă©voluĂ© et civilisĂ©, que jâai vĂ©cu la pire expĂ©rience de ma vie de femme.
La violence envers les femmes est un flĂ©au mondial, mais ce qui la rend encore plus insupportable, câest la complicitĂ© silencieuse de ceux qui regardent sans rien faire.
Dans dâautres pays, comme le Royaume-Uni, la police, les citoyens, le personnel des restaurants interviennent immĂ©diatement pour protĂ©ger la victime. Ici, en revanche, la normalisation de la violence est effrayante.
â ïž Cet endroit est dangereux. Pas seulement Ă cause de lâacte grave lui-mĂȘme, mais parce quâil reprĂ©sente un repĂšre de silence, de complicitĂ© et dâindiffĂ©rence. Ceux qui y travaillent, ceux qui y mangent, ceux qui regardent sans agir â font partie du problĂšme.
âCeci est un appel urgent :
Plus jamais de silence. Plus jamais dâacceptation quâune femme puisse ĂȘtre harcelĂ©e, touchĂ©e ou agressĂ©e dans un restaurant, dans la rue, ou ailleurs.
Si cela se produit en public, imaginez ce qui se passe dans le silence, en privé, quand personne ne voit, et personne ne parle.
đ„ Signaler ne suffit pas : il faut agir, il faut Ă©duquer, il faut isoler les agresseurs mais aussi ceux qui les couvrent.
Je ne souhaite pas à ce lieu un échec commercial, mais un échec moral et social.
Quiconque ne protĂšge pas une femme en danger ne mĂ©rite pas dâexister dans un monde qui se dit civilisĂ©.
đŽ NâENTREZ PAS DANS CET ENDROIT. IL EST DANGEREUX. đŽ LE SILENCE EST...
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