Lebanese MP Elie Marouni doesn’t know much about Lebanon and doesn’t think very highly of women rights in Lebanon.
When asked in a recent conference on why Lebanese women are not allowed to pass their nationality to their children, he said he’s all in favor but it might disrupt Lebanon’s demographic balance with all the Palestinian and Syrian refugees here. For those who still think they are a threat, why are Lebanese men allowed to pass on their nationality while Lebanese women can’t?
Moving on to the best part, he had the nerves to “blame” women for being raped instead of bashing the ridiculous Article 522 of Lebanon’s penal code that allows rapists to get away with their crime if they marry the woman they raped?
To quote what he said “There are certain circumstances where we need to ask ourselves if women have a role in pushing men to rape them”
“في بعض الاماكن و بعض المطارح بدنا نسأل شو دور المرأة في قيادة الرجل إلى اغتصابها”
And he ended up with a “Wa Chukran” to show how proud he is of that statement.
Thank you Raneem for noticing these statements.
Disgusting!!!!! Oh and can someone please tell him that there are many Lebanese guys who are marrying Palestenian and Syrian women and passing on the nationality to them, thereby “disrupting the Lebanese demographic balance”?
This guy should not be in the position that he is in. First, he needs to apologize for the things he said and second he needs to resign because he doesn’t represent us. Shame!
Elie Marouni, you are a disgrace for humanity.
On the same logic as yours, what is the responsibility of your brother in his assassination?
Your brother must have provoked his killers to kill him.
How about that ?
What triggers me is not just his words, because it is just another dumb opinion made vip coming from a mouth of a public figure. What triggers me and scares me is the ovation he received from women and men in the room. It is a proof of the mirror he was facing, and the ENORMOUS unfinished work. He will be forgotten in few days, but the stereotyping and ignorance still have long days ahead. To his defense he stayed later :”to tell you how much I defend women, all women present in the room came to take pictures with me”… *sigh
It seems Elie Marouniii has rapeddd before either wife or women friends as theree aree loots of pple in the government who do that
Lokk at his fatt potatooo figure face ,whattt a mannn, is that a mann aslan
Ohhh and look at the woman looking at him on awe abt his statement it seems
To Robert Ghanem:
I totally disagree with you Robert, Mr Elie Marouni is absolutely right, when women (or girls) are raped, they are always responsible for it.
I know what I am talking about, I am a serial rapist myself.
I never raped a woman wearing a decent dress, I only rape women when they wear skirts.
I am sure that Mr Elie Marouni is also a man of experience, he must be a rapist as well.
Elie, next time I have a victim, I will bring it to your garage so that we can rape her jointly, OK?
“Lebanon is a country where we teach the raped woman how to avoid rape instead of teaching man not to rape…
This isn’t an “either/or,” “one or the other” matter. Men are to br taught to treat women with kindness and to respect their physical inferiority to men. Just because a man can force a woman to submit to him does not mean that he should, that it is right. A husband has a right to have sex with his wife, concubine or maidservant (where these latter two relationships are lawful) but he has no right to brutalize her.
Neither Yahweh (Allah), Jesus (Issa) and His messengers (the New Testament writers), nor Muhammad condoned using brutality against women or subduing them by superior strength for refusing sex. Muhammad authorized mild “beating” (such as a spanking or paddling) in extreme cases of female disrespect, insubordination or disobedience when milder methods were insufficient. Heavy whipping that inflicts permanent disfigurement, hard beating that does injury, are prohibited. Certainly beheading women for sexual refusal is forbidden.
Jesus taught the “Golden Rule”: If your roles were exchanged, what do you think would be appropriate for sexual disobedience? Whip you half to death? Be stoned? Be beheaded? I didn’t think so.
Tanya,
For someone to even be in a room listening to that fucking moron good for nothing elie marouni, is already as shocking as the ovation.
Someone must be a complete idiot to even be there. What do you expect from his party, his master who his is a 35 year old spoiled kid, all other parties ruled by in-laws cousins and idiot good for nothing people. Lebanon is doomed. Finished! Elie marouni has the iq of a 12 year old. His culture and intelligence allows him to be a valet parking at best. And sorry I’m insulting the poor valets people. Instead he’s an MP. He’s an MP!!!!
Elie Marouni is expressing what part of the Lebanese society thinks about women’s rights. Only education and then culture might teach people like Mr. Marouni how a situation such as rape can be seen from a different perspective. I personnally think that he is right at some point when he says we need to understand what’s the role of women in leading the man to rape her… especially when we know that the great majority of women are responsible of men’s education, especially in preschools and primary schools, when the child is in the process to build up a woman’s figure in his brain. Allow me Mr. Marouni to tell you that i am sorry that the educational system of both your family and school has failed you like it has failed many others like you. Women in general and Lebanese in particular are having a hard time fixing back people like you… but it’s only a matter of time before women realise what they are capable of.
In this message i also adress all women who were raped by a husband, a stanger, a religious man etc. I’m sorry that your rapist couldn’t see in you nothing but a flesh that brings him to a momentarilly sexual climax. I am not sure whether the problem is understanding what a woman is or understanding what sexuality means. In both cases he definitely needs assistance.
I personally still have hope that few people can make a difference. I am sure that there are women that will make people like Mr. Marouni understand true women’s value. But the real issue is to see if those men could be saved from their ignorance!
dans les pays arabes on ne parle que du viol à croire que les hommes là-bas n’ont que ça dans la tête ….
il est temps pour ces pays de réfléchir par leur tête et pas autre chose
parlez dans ce pays des problèmes de la santé publique ,de la crise économique qui frappe le pays et ne restez pas au niveau du cul
Such leaders are a disgrace to society and those men and women who have agreed to such a statement are even worse than him. How would you like to find out that in the past your father raped your mom and u were the result of a rape and your mother can’t stand the sight of you? How would you feel if your daughter came home and told you she was raped? Would you still blame her? Did you know that rapes are committed by someone that knows the female victim most likely her boyfriend, fiancée or husband (marital rape doesn’t count here which is sicker when you think about it so a female gets raped her raper marries her and then he can rape her for her entire life because he’s her husband now)?
I can’t begin to state how fearful I am for my own daughters to grow up in such a disgraceful country. I don’t even know why I still live her. I am ashamed of my so called leaders and the people that keep nominating them. I have no pride in being a Lebanese anymore. If I could be part of the government and allowed to make drastic changed over night I would do it to make this a better country for my children and maybe I would stay. But outside forces would never allow this course try to strive as we picture it.
Outrageous! People who still live in the Middle-Ages, blaming women for everything and perpetuating patriarchy. This MP should resign and be fined and never claim to represent anyone anymore (not even sure he’s legally an MP at this point after the silly political maneuvers the parliament in Lebanon does to extended its own mandate with utter disregard for the people who “elected” them )…
This video sums up this moron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvAF4O7NQ88
He should apologize and withdraw his statement! I wonder if he says the same in the case of his wife or daughter…
The best statement Made About Rape I ever red | Gold Meir’s Curfew for Men
When Golda Meir was asked to place a curfew on women to help end a series of rapes, Meir replied by stating, “But it is the men who are attacking the women. If there is to be a curfew, let the men stay at home.”
What a completely truthful statement and observation. Unfortunately, I am unable to find out whether or not a curfew was actually imposed. This statement was made to emphasize that it is the men who are at fault, not the women. So if any action is to be taken, do not penalize the innocent party.
Unfortunately he was elected by the votes of his district and in fact does represent the majority of the voters of his district. To get votes a candidate has to pander to the majority of the potential (I don’t know if Lebanon has mandatory voting) voters of his/her district. If they pretend to represent their views to get elected and then once in office betray the ones who put them there, they won’t be re-elected.
You seem to believe there is some supreme authority that can remove and replace members of Parliament at will. In democratic representative republics this is not the case.
Educating the majority of potential voters is the only practical possibility, and this means confronting centuries of religion and tradition. Have at it!
I think we have to reconsider who us a human being and who s just a bein amoug the politicians. This being… Who s called elue marouni is not the only responsible of the crimes against women but also each member of his party who did not reply loudly and each person who voted for him. All of them ara more criminals than the direct criminal itself