Kakie Pangilinan on Christine Dacera and rape culture: 'We would prefer your respect over your protection'

Shortly after news broke about the rape-slay of 23-year-old flight attendant Christine Dacera on Monday, the hashtag #ProtectDrunkGirls trended on Twitter.

And Singer Kakie Pangilinan was simply not having any of that. "The hashtag really shouldn’t be ‘protect drunk girls’ man," she said. "It should be respect tf out of any human being because drunk girls shouldn’t be needing any more protection than drunk guys."

According to Kakie, that line of thinking is "exactly what’s wrong here."

"A few drinks and we’re suddenly no longer people," she said.

"It's so damn sad that we have to be ‘protected’, because that implies this kind of danger is inevitable, when it’s not."

"Teach your fkin kids not to rape people, let us deal with the hangovers," she went on.

like it’s fked up, i get it — girls have so much more to fear in intoxication. but it’s so damn sad that we have to be ‘protected’, because that implies this kind of danger is inevitable, when it’s not. teach your fkin kids not to rape people, let us deal with the hangovers.

— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021

Dacera was found lifeless in the bathtub of a Makati hotel room past noon on New Year’s Day. She checked into the hotel along with friends for a New Year’s Eve celebration.

On Monday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said three suspects identified as John Pascual Dela Serna III, 27, Rommel Daluro Galido, 29, and John Paul Reyes Halili, 25 were taken under police custody.

The suspects were charged rape with homicide during inquest proceedings at the Makati City Prosecutor's Office.

Nine other people who were with Dacera during her stay at the Makati hotel are still being sought by police.

Enraged by what happened, Kakie said "Christine Dacera shouldn’t have needed protection. Enough of that dialogue. She was a woman who deserved basic, human decency."

"We would prefer your respect over your protection," Kakie wrote on Twitter. "We’re not pretty things that need constant guarding. We’re human beings," she added.

christine dacera shouldn’t have needed protection. enough of that dialogue. she was a woman who deserved basic, human decency.

— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021

Kakie continued and spoke against victim blaming, "It is never the clothes, never the drinks — never the victim, period."

"It is always, ALWAYS, the rapist’s fault. how many more times do we have to hammer this home for it to stick in your thick skulls, please??!??!" she stressed.

it is never the clothes, never the drinks — never the victim, period. it is always, ALWAYS, the rapist’s fault. how many more times do we have to hammer this home for it to stick in your thick skulls, please??!??!

— kakie (@kakiep83) January 4, 2021

Kakie has long been speaking up against rape culture and victim-blaming. In June last year, she trended for jumpstarting #HijaAko, a movement that seeks to end victim-blaming.

— Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News