From gender violence to the origins of the feminist movement: the content of the courses that the 'influencer' YosStop will take

The Mexican influencer Yoseline Hoffman, known as Yosstop, in an image of her social networks.

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Yoseline Hoffman, known as YosStop, left behind a small cell in the Santa Martha Acatitla prison in exchange for the commitment to learn and spread issues in favor of the gender perspective.

After five months in prison accused of child pornography for spreading the video of the group rape suffered by Ainara Suárez in May 2018 on her channels with millions of followers, the

he was released after reaching a reparation agreement with the victim. The agreement, in addition to the payment of a figure for reparation of the damage, a public apology and collaboration with the investigations related to the case, also implies that for three years Hoffman will have to attend a monthly session of one hour to learn about discrimination, perspective and gender violence. In addition, the

will have to share a monthly video on her social networks about what she learned in these courses and monthly sessions and will have to donate 5% of her monthly earnings to feminist groups.

“I offer you, Ainara, my sincere apologies. To my followers I say, 'stoppers' I screwed up, I was very wrong, I hurt and assaulted Ainara without the right, "said the

in her public apology broadcast on Friday, December 3, on the same channel that months ago she had used to insult her : Youtube. In the message, which to date has more than 3.6 million reproductions, the

Mexican

reiterates her commitment that she will take training and awareness courses on victims, gender and discrimination for a specified number of hours.

At the request of Suárez's lawyers, the sessions that Hoffman will receive will be given by the feminist organization FemXFem. This group was one of the first associations to reach out to Ainara Suárez, who was raped by four young people at a party in May 2018. FemXFem contacted the victim directly at the end of last year to offer psychological and legal advice after learning about the attacks she was suffering after the massive spread of her gang rape.

Samantha Cerisola, president of the feminist collective, mentions that she is in preparation for the monthly sessions lasting one hour that Hoffman will receive for the next three years, a period that lasts for the suspension of the criminal proceedings against him. Although the lawyer still cannot give specific details about these courses, she assures that at the appropriate time they will make the agenda public. This will be the first time that the group has given awareness sessions for a woman involved in a judicial process, although she already has experience in the topics due to the previous courses she has given in companies on sexual harassment and harassment. "We always try to start with the introduction to gender violence, what are these terms, or the history behind the feminist movement," she says.

The president of FemXFem acknowledges that after the dissemination of Suárez's complaint, the group received at least 500 more cases. “There was a lot of media attention on this matter. All the issues that we have seen that progress faster is because there are media and social networks involved. The more hashtags, the more retweets and

there are, the faster the prosecution of justice will be and we have seen this in several cases, sadly, it should not be necessary for social networks to be involved, but they are a great tool to denounce the corruption of the authorities ”, he emphasizes.

The Ainara case is one of the three processes that the group has accompanied in which there is, albeit partially, a judicial resolution - the other two cases correspond to family violence. Cerisola recognizes that it is a lower figure compared to the 70 cases that are currently accompanying. However, the lack of resources and the fear of those involved to initiate a tortuous judicial process stops these complaints from reaching the last instances. "No matter how many updates there are, the authority is still not prepared to deal with cases in which there is violence against women," he says.

For the president of the organization, the case of Suárez, despite the fact that there are still people involved to be processed, has been an example of the prosecution of justice that encourages more victims of gender violence to raise their voices. Starting in January next year, the association will launch individual courses at affordable prices so that anyone interested can learn about gender perspective and violence.

Although there is still no specific date in the calendar to begin her monthly Hoffman sessions with FemXFem, the

has already spread her plans for the future through her social networks.

Hoffman assured in recent days through his networks that his JustYosS channel will be away from destructive criticism and will undergo a restructuring.

In the recording, which lasted less than four minutes, the

commented excitedly that after getting out of jail she will resume her psychology studies, the project of a podcast with her boyfriend, the recording of yoga videos as well as content to help women in prison as well as the launch of a sports and casual clothing brand.

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