Reproduction / Globe 08.11.2022
Julia said she went through an awkward situation
Julia Duailibi, GloboNews presenter, said she was the victim of harassment by a politician while working in Brasília. The journalist said in an interview for Conversa com Bial that she had received an inappropriate proposal from an MP.
“When I started, I remember an episode that really struck me, which took place in the Green Room of the Chamber of Deputies. I needed a phone and a certain MP had a contact who could give me that number,” he began.
“Then he said to me, ‘Meet me here in the salon at 7 p.m. and I’ll give you the phone number you want’. Okay, I got there, he took a sheet of paper out of his pocket with the phone on it and handed it to me. Take it out of his hand, he picked it up, put it in his pocket and said, ‘Only if we go to dinner,'” he said.
During the report, Julia said that she responded professionally at the time to stop the harassment. “Then I said, ‘I think there’s a mistake here, because this phone isn’t for Julia, it’s for the newspaper I represent. But if you don’t want to give it to me, no problem, I’ll let my editor know that you didn’t want to give the phone to the newspaper. I can’t remember if he was working in Folha or Esstadão at the time,” he said.
With the increase of women participating in political journalism, Julia analyzed that the situation “has improved, but it’s still a very difficult environment.” “A few years ago, a journalist told me about an episode where she was wearing a skirt and a minister said, ‘If you’re wearing a skirt, I’d rather wait on you,'” she said.
Andréia Sadi, who was also in the interview, pointed to the fame she had around the plateau. “Because we have to protect, react and take a stand, position ourselves, for example in Brasília I was famous for being brave. But for what reason? Sadi, are you brave? Of course, because you three have to be brave, more serious than anything else in a woman’s life,” she said.
“And also when you take a stand, you have to be more assertive. But that’s what I said: ‘Hey, when we take a stand, we’re angry. When a man speaks, is he standing?’ So there you have it,” he added.