Vannacci: "The patriarchy protects women. The men on 'My Wife' and 'Phica'? Spineless."

"Strong men are never exalted. And no, they don't post photos of their wives, mothers, daughters, or parliamentarians on anonymous chat rooms." Roberto Vannacci, MEP and current deputy secretary of the League, told Il Foglio . The general observes the latest chapter in the war of the sexes and says: "No. Patriarchy has nothing to do with it. If anything, it's empathy taken as a dogma and value... It's the softness of Western man... It's precisely the lack of courage that generates monster-men." A macabre war of the sexes, indeed.

After the Facebook group "My Wife," which collected photos of unsuspecting women in the real world—intimate content captured and posted by their spouses—the scandal has arrived in the legal world. In recent days, Italian celebrities and politicians have been exposed on the "Phica" platform, an adult site overflowing with retouched photos. From those of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to shots of Elly Schlein, Mara Venier, and Democratic Party MEP Alessandra Moretti. Moretti herself, along with Democratic Party MEP Valeria Campagna, reported the platform to the postal police. But amid the outrage and complaints—from left to right—a question arises.

What drives so many men to gang up online? And why—at least according to Internet ethology—does it primarily consist of men and not women? According to General Vannacci, our culture is to blame. Or rather, "Western culture, which has raised men with values ​​centered on the immediate satisfaction of every selfish whim."

General, you say that empathy breeds cowardly men. But isn't that counterintuitive? "No. I stand by it. Empathy breeds hordes of spineless men. Courage, respect, loyalty, honor, sacrifice, and courage are the values ​​that protect against these degenerations." Patriarchal values . Yet you know that patriarchy is the prime suspect here. "Nonsense." Explain. "The patriarch protects his family, his wife, his daughters, and doesn't secretly spread photos." But many of the women who have been violated, and desecrated, don't think so. So I ask you: isn't the idea that a female body can be objectified the legacy of an ancient world? Or at least, of its degeneration? “Patriarchy has nothing to do with it. It's patriarchy that protects. It's patriarchy that allows us to respect the family. That is, women and daughters. If there were more patriarchs, that is, people who protect women, there would be fewer rapes. And fewer girls would not put themselves in the hands of such spineless people.” The reader is shocked. Do you know? “And yet it is so. Patriarchy is invoked simply because it is a mantra of the left. It's a shame that it has characterized the family in the Mediterranean basin for the last two thousand years.”

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