Akbayan Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula on Saturday condemned Ferdinand Topacio for his recent statement claiming that fantasizing about raping women is not illegal, calling it a dangerous normalization of sexual violence.
“Why has he not been disbarred yet? It is neither amusing nor acceptable that a lawyer would say it is fine to dream of raping women,” Ismula said.
Ismula also slammed Topacio’s history of anti-women rhetoric, including a sexist motto on his X account saying: “women being the ‘foundation’ of society that men must ‘lay.’”
“Lewd public personalities are coming out just to be noticed, perhaps because they need to say something controversial to cover their insecurities,” she said.
“Statements like these are not just insulting, but direct attacks on the rights and safety of our fellow women,” Ismula added.
Ismula said a person who treats rape as a harmless fantasy has no business being an officer of the court.
