沉默的傷手 1998年,奧地利一名十歲女童Natascha Kampusch被擄走並囚禁了達八年之久,連續3,096日飽受性侵和逼害的痛苦。被困的八年間,她曾向路人求救甚至報警,外界卻漠視以對而沒有出手幫助。其實我們一再斥責侵犯者的變態、感慨受害者的不幸,便能有助減低性暴力事件嗎?作為旁觀者,大家游離的目光及關閉的耳朵亦同樣成為了幫兇,事不關己的態度可謂不亞於侵犯者的迫害,而沉默的代價,亦已大大超出了我們所想像。 Silence of the Hands 1998, Natascha Kampusch, a wide-eyed Austrian girl was abducted and consequently locked up for 8 years. During her 3,096 days of captivity, she tried to seek help from passers-by but her pledge sadly fell on deaf ears. We repeatedly place blames on the abductors and pity the victims, but besides from our feelings on the high horse, what have we, the onlookers, the passers-by, done to stop such atrocities from happening? Sexual harassments and violence are daily occurrences and by ignoring their existence, we bear the same crime as the perpetrators; our silence might as well be the very hands that gag the victims too.