Cristina Zenato

Cristina Zenato Instagram – These are some of the titles I have been given in the last three days, all by men, when they started to contest the concept of removing hooks from sharks with weak excuses such as “sharks don’t feel pain,” “hooks rust,” and “you don’t know what you are talking about” (with 30 years of experience of it).
When I start to respond with facts and information, and they run out of arguments, they leave these derogatory labels.
It is unfortunate that such a profound ignorance about sharks, conservation, pain, and empathy exists in our world; receiving such pushback on the act of relieving an animal of pain is sad and appalling.
It shows the tragic state of affairs regarding conservation and the issues we still need to tackle through education.
It shows a deep-rooted attitude of offending someone when the argument is not going in their direction. It culminates in verbal abuse. I have witnessed what these comments elicit in other women, and it’s a damaging trait of our society and, especially, of social media.
Please do not post comments such as “You are on social media, what do you expect?” it triggers memories of other blame-the-victim attitudes women receive.
Social media should be a place of exchange and support and, if we don’t agree with something positive, of moving along.
So I instead own these titles, because I deserve them 😉: Queen, 👑 Protector, Empathetic, Caring, Shark Moma, Determined 🙏❤️ | Posted on 24/Aug/2024 16:51:45