Portugal: thousands wear lipstick to combat sexism in politics

Meanwhile in Portugal, thousands of people are putting on red lipstick to combat a far-right politician's sexist remarks…

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00:00Hello, I'm Chef Fabio Bernardino and I'm in solidarity with this movement,

00:17Hashtag Red in Belém, in the fight against hate, so thousands of Portuguese who are

00:22in solidarity with this cause painted their red lips in our country.

00:30They won't get through.

00:44To sexism, I say no.

01:00You're going to be in the morning, you're not feeling well, you're having a bad time.

01:04You're having a bad time.

01:06We have a performance image.

01:08You're having a bad time.

01:10With red lips, as if it were a joke.

01:22We have a performance image, with red lips, as if it were a joke.

01:30We have a performance image, with red lips, as if it were a joke.

01:44And everyone can paint their lips, be it black, be it homosexual, be it whatever.

01:52No one has to be judged for what they are.

02:00Women are not things to play with.

02:04Women are people to fight with.

02:06With their heads up.

02:08This man who insults women because he learned these days that in solidarity, fear wins.

02:14And yes, we are beating him.

02:30We are beating him.

02:34We are beating him.

02:38We are beating him.

02:42We are beating him.

02:46We are beating him.

02:50It's not a political cause, it's not any of that.

02:52But above all, it's the right to our freedom.

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