Can we map gender-based violence without spreading it?

Feminist campaigners and activists have raised the question of the possible conflicts between the "I don't forward violence" action and the push to map gender-based violence. Do they contradict each other? How can we report on violence without spreading it, and forcing victims to relive their experience?
A valid question. And a tough one. The short answer is we can't. Worse, by showing the sheer extent of gender-based violence worldwide, both its volume and its ferocity, we run the risk of "normalizing" this behaviour. This is something we absolutely do not want.

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