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It is 1:30 on Saturday night when Sthefane is groped in her private parts by a man in Via Lazzaro Palazzi, in the heart of Porta Venezia. The man is part of a group of Pakistanis sitting at a bar. Sthefane does not accept it. She reacts by screaming and elbowing the molester while the whole group mocks her. A few seconds later, the same man throws a glass bottle at her, breaking one of her incisors in half and splitting her lower lip. Sthefane is immediately helped by some boys nearby while the group disperses. The carabinieri arrive on site, listen to her and take her complaint. She is taken to the hospital and two days later she will undergo dental surgery to reconstruct the tooth. Sthefane rebelled. But you cannot rebel, if you do, you get beaten up. And if you are a woman, in Milan, you are not free to do what you want. For many, too many, you are a sexual object and all it takes is a hand to have you. There are no serious consequences in the country of impunity. And molesters know this well. As do criminals. As Sthefane tells it, she spoke with the police who explained to her that even if they know the problem and the subjects well, their hands are tied, the law does not allow them to intervene as they would like and could, because the law in Italy protects criminals. A carabiniere, a policeman risk a lot if they act in the wrong way. And in the meantime many citizens live in fear. Sthefane's is just one of the thousand stories of harassment and assault in the Milanese panorama. Are we sure that everything is okay? Is this the world we want? copyright MILANOBELLADADIO INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/milanobella... TELEGRAM