Why do we need a country ruled by us, women? A lot of reasons all along history teach us that is the best solution.
Miss Ana Orantes (Granada 1937) Laura Cruz Vega (Madrid 1976)
-In 1997, a courageous woman decided to speak out on a television program about the abuse she had endured during her marriage. Her name was Ana Orantes Ruiz, and 13 days after the interview, she was murdered by her husband in retaliation for having made the abuse public.
The case of Ana Orantes caused a profound shock among the public and served as the catalyst for the Spanish government of the time to announce a reform of the Penal Code regarding this issue, as well as to intensify an official campaign urging victims to report their cases. Laws were amended, and victims were encouraged to report any form of domestic violence they experienced.
-In 2026, a Civil Guard officer shot and killed his ex-partner, Laura Cruz (who was also a Civil Guard officer) inside a Civil Guard barracks. The perpetrator and the victim had once been married; following their divorce, the perpetrator (well-versed in the workings of the law and the judicial system) repeatedly filed complaints against Laura, aiming to unsettle and distress her. These complaints were ultimately dismissed by the judge. Eventually, the victim took legal action against the perpetrator, seeking a restraining order so she could live in peace. This action led to the perpetrator’s dismissal from the Civil Guard; in response, he entered the barracks where Laura worked and shot her to death.
From January 1, 2003 (the date when official records began) through October 2026, in Spain, 1,385 women have been recorded as having been murdered by their partners or former partners, according to official data from the Government Delegation against Gender-Based Violence.
Twenty-nine years separate the cases of Ana Orantes and Laura Cruz. In other words: in the span of a single generation, it has not been possible to eradicate gender-based violence. Why?
Not only did the laws (devised in the wake of the Ana Orantes case) fail to protect the victim, but the aggressor actually USED those very same laws to make Laura’s life a living hell for years, before killing her.
If the state’s own security forces are unable to protect themselves from gender-based violence against women, how can we expect them to protect the rest of the citizenry from such violence? How is a woman supposed to go to the Civil Guard to report gender-based violence?
Simplemente porque la solución no es modificar las leyes para que todo siga igual. Mientras la sociedad siga siendo machista y patriarcal no podremos librarnos de la violencia doméstica. La solución definitiva es una revolución social femenina, que nosotras las mujeres tomemos todo el poder social: político, económico y judicial. Una vez que esto ocurra, estoy segura que en menos de una generación, en menos de 29 años, la violencia doméstica se habrá reducido al máximo, o desaparecido completamente.
Reformar las leyes no sirve de nada, pues se quedan en papel mojado si la sociedad sigue siendo dirigida por hombres.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ana_Orantes
https://elpais.com/sociedad/2026-08-08/la-ultima-denuncia-de-laura-cruz-tengo-tanto-miedo-a-damaso-porque-no-le-importa-a-quien-llevarse-por-medio.html