Opposition senators in skirts at Palazzo Madama against the statements of Tajani and Vannacci

Opposition senators in skirts at Palazzo Madama to contest the words of the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, on the length of women's skirts and today those of Roberto Vannacci who said he preferred "women without skirts". Protagonists, a delegation of opposition senators (Pd, Italia viva, Avs, M5s and the Autonomies group) met in the Senate Transatlantic for a photo and they were joined by Alessandra Maiorino of the 5S, apologizing for the delay and making fun of the fact that unlike the others, she had a long skirt, a sign of reliability according to Tajani's example.

"This is a gesture of freedom to say that we are free to dress as we want - said the group leader of IV, Raffaella Paita who launched the idea - We believe that women's freedom is measured by any gesture of freedom, including the size of the skirt or any other gesture that women want to make without being judged by men".

For Simona Malpezzi of the Democratic Party, "those words are a demonstration of the intrinsic and unconscious patriarchy, so much so that Minister Tajani then justified and apologized but his justification is even worse. They don't realize what they say because they have it inside them. Instead we need to demonstrate that those sentences are not acceptable".

The other dem senator Valeria Valente called the prime minister into question for her silence and for not having commented "clearly and firmly" on those words, adding: "Unfortunately feminism is not a gala lunch and sometimes it requires some price. Are you willing to pay some price?".