On January 20, Facebook users Irakli Zakareishvili Backup FB and Davit Jebashvili posted a photo depicting women dressed in costumes shaped like vaginas. The women are holding a banner reading, “We demand new elections. Freedom for UNM prisoners.” The photo creates the impression that it was taken at an ongoing protest in Georgia.
The photo of the women holding the banner has been digitally manipulated, and the inscription on the banner has been falsified. The original photo was taken during the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, and the banner originally read: “I AM A WOMAN, HEAR MY PUSSY ROAR.”
In reality, the photo is from the 2017 Women’s March in Washington and has no connection to demands for new elections in Georgia. The inscription on the banner was: “I AM A WOMAN, HEAR MY PUSSY ROAR.”
The photo appeared on various forums in January 2017, just days after the Women’s March.
The Women’s March in Washington took place on January 21, 2017, the day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The march aimed to criticize Trump’s policies related to women’s rights and advocate for equality and the protection of women’s rights.
Many other participants at the march also wore costumes shaped like vaginas.
It is noteworthy that this photo has been the target of manipulation before. Additionally, it has often been used to create memes and mock the Women’s March.
In 2018, an edited version of this photo was circulated several times in German-language sources in an anti-immigration context. In this case, the falsified banner read: “WELCOME TO GERMANY,” and the women depicted in the photo were linked to left-wing political parties in Germany, and it was claimed that they greeted incoming migrants at train stations in this manner.
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