The sexual assault of the secretary of the Wannian County Party Committee sparked heated discussions: reflecting corruption and gender power issues
preface
Recently, a sexual assault incident involving grassroots officials has attracted widespread attention and heated discussions in Wannian County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. According to reports, Mao, then secretary of the Wannian County Party Committee, was accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate, and the exposure of this incident also stemmed from a report by another female cadre. In this case, there is not only a serious problem of sexual assault, but also the idea of privilege and corruption of officials, which can be said to be an incident involving many social problems.
1. Cause of the incident: A dispute broke out between a female cadre and the secretary of the county party committee
The exposure of this sexual assault incident actually originated from a dispute between a female cadre named Li Mouxia and Mao. It is understood that Li Mouxia was the secretary of the Party Committee of Shangfang Township, Wannian County, and Mao was the Secretary of the Wannian County Party Committee at that time. In daily work, Li Mouxia had a conflict with Mao, and then had a dispute with Mao because of work problems.
In this dispute, Li Mouxia even said in public that she would go to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to report Mao, and the content of the report she said was mainly about Mao's suspected violations of law and discipline. In the face of Li Mouxia's attitude, Mao was obviously very angry and dissatisfied, but he didn't expect that Li Mouxia's reporting road did not come to fruition, but was reported by others because of herself.
2. Exposure of sexual assault incidents: There are recommendations and temptations behind it
In this sexual assault incident, there was no direct conflict between Li Mouxia and Mao, but a female subordinate became a victim of this dispute. It is understood that Li Mouxia once revealed to others that she could have sex with Mao, but the precondition was that Mao must recommend her to be the deputy county magistrate.
In the face of such a request, Mao did not refuse, but began to use his power and status to ask Li Mouxia to drink tea at his home many times, and took this as an opportunity to suggest that she could be recommended to be the deputy county magistrate. But Li Mouxia was not moved by Mao's so-called "kindness", but gave her father a USB flash drive in advance, and this USB flash drive contained evidence of Mao's violation of law and discipline and sexual assault.
It was precisely because of the existence of this USB flash drive that the whole incident was exposed, and in the subsequent investigation, Mao was also confirmed to have violated laws and disciplines, and was finally issued a notice by the Jiangxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision and suspended for investigation.
3. Problems reflected by the incident
1. Reflect corruption and privilege
From this incident, it can be seen that the reason why Mao had sexual assault is largely because he has a privileged idea in his heart, thinking that he can do whatever he wants, and the existence of this privileged idea is also a manifestation of corruption.
In some local grassroots authorities, it is easy for such problems to arise, and some officials regard their status and power as gold, believing that they can satisfy their selfish desires by various means, and this is also an important reason why corruption continues to be prohibited.
2. The supervisory role of public opinion
When this incident was exposed, Mao's illegal behavior was also dealt with in a timely manner, and the key role played by the supervision and attention of public opinion.
It can be said that if there is no external report and public opinion supervision, it is difficult to let such illegal acts be punished as they should be, so in some major events, the supervision role of public opinion is very important, and it can also put some pressure on relevant departments to prompt them to deal with problems more actively.
3. Reflection on the issue of gender power
In addition to reflection on corruption, the incident has brought about a profound reflection on the issue of gender power.
In real life, problems similar to sexual harassment and assault occur from time to time, and in many cases, the victims are often women, which is inseparable from the inequality of gender power.
It is conceivable that if Li Mouxia did not leave a USB flash drive for her father at that time, but chose to obey Mao's request, then she is likely to become a victim of sexual assault, and such a problem also needs to attract more attention and attention from the society.
epilogue
The exposure of this sexual assault incident has made people see some ugly sides of the real society, whether it is corruption or gender power issues, we need to face and reflect together.
It is hoped that the relevant departments can draw lessons from such incidents, strengthen the supervision and management of public officials, and also hope that all sectors of society will pay more attention to these issues and work together to create a fair and just social environment.