Sara Fortis - Protecting the girls from the men
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Sara Fortis - Protecting the girls from the men
Sara Fortis - Protecting the girls from the men
Transcript: I want to say that isn't easy being a Partisan, a Partisan with 13 girls behind her. The girls didn't have problems with a man speaking rudely or doing something to them. Because we would talk and I told them, 'listen to me, you're among men and they are by themselves, without a woman, no child, no children and no wife. Take care, you and your pride, consider your actions before you do them'. Why am I saying this? Because it often happened that we slept together. I remember one time, it happened, at night, We were dead tired. We lay close to each other, girl, boy, we paid no attention. But I was uneasy because I knew there were many girls and where were they sleeping? They came from families where a girl never saw a man until she was married, and now everyone is sleeping next to each other! They were exhausted, slept, but I couldn't. I looked to my left. The squad Capitan was lying next to me. What would my mother say about what I was doing? But no, I was fine. I asked and answered myself. But I'm fine, I'll sleep and wake up safely. The girls will be fine. The men were sleeping like the dead, never stirred. I did the same, that night I fell asleep but it gave me food for thought for a long time. It couldn't happen over and over again, I had to be responsible for the girls and the moment we arrived somewhere I had to put the girls up separately.
Transcript: I want to say that isn't easy being a Partisan, a Partisan with 13 girls behind her. The girls didn't have problems with a man speaking rudely or doing something to them. Because we would talk and I told them, 'listen to me, you're among men and they are by themselves, without a woman, no child, no children and no wife. Take care, you and your pride, consider your actions before you do them'. Why am I saying this? Because it often happened that we slept together. I remember one time, it happened, at night, We were dead tired. We lay close to each other, girl, boy, we paid no attention. But I was uneasy because I knew there were many girls and where were they sleeping? They came from families where a girl never saw a man until she was married, and now everyone is sleeping next to each other! They were exhausted, slept, but I couldn't. I looked to my left. The squad Capitan was lying next to me. What would my mother say about what I was doing? But no, I was fine. I asked and answered myself. But I'm fine, I'll sleep and wake up safely. The girls will be fine. The men were sleeping like the dead, never stirred. I did the same, that night I fell asleep but it gave me food for thought for a long time. It couldn't happen over and over again, I had to be responsible for the girls and the moment we arrived somewhere I had to put the girls up separately.