Uniban (her university) is in the bottom 5% universities in Brazil. It’s known as a “diploma factory”. The campus where she studied was in a politically leftist, but morally conservative city of the greater Sao Paulo. Then there are some particularities from the Brazilian educational system involved like public universities, rather than the privates ones, being the most prestigious (there are some exceptions), students in general not knowing people who major in subjects different than their own and Brazilian universities not having dorms, transforming colleges in lifeless giant blocks of concrete. And that creates a divide between the students.

She studied at night and was going to a party after classes, hence the dress. It was a Friday night, most people are having classes until 11 pm, which generates a unwillingness to study, specially in the middle of the semester in a very, very bad school. I don’t know what happen in between, but whatever happened it formed mob mentality and the girl is being harassed by students, teachers and employees of the school. The thing was so heated she had to lock herself in her classroom with her friends and teacher and call the police. Meanwhile, the students were kicking the door trying to get in and taking pictures from the window above it. Police arrived and escorted her home. Even with the police, people were still trying to take upskirt pics, calling her a whore and saying that someone should rape her.

Next day everything is on youtube. She complained to the university and it opened an inquiry. The videos caught the attention of the Brazilian media. Brazilian public opinion supports her, but her school doesn’t, and, two weeks later, she was expelled.

The Brazilian ministry of education is pissed at the university and is going to open a case against the school and so are a bunch of other organizations. To clarify, her college is private but every school has to follow a certain, albeit very loose, guideline from the Ministry to acquire a certification to open its doors. But today, Uniban revoked their decision of expelling the girl.

People are calling the school UniTaliban.

Measures by Brazilian institutions to try to fix what happened to Geisy:

- The Ministry of Education, Procon (Consumer’s Prosecution), Public Ministry (Federal prosecution) and the Sao Bernardo DDM (Special Victims department) all opened separated investigations about the case.

- At least three Representatives and one Senator spoke against the University.

- UNE (Brazilian Student Union), the feminist movement and the labor’s unions protested the school today.

- OAB (Brazilian bar association) is also was against what happened.

- Both left and right wing media are supporting the girl.

I think the male student who called her a “whore” and then attempted to grab her and take photos of her crotch is one guy who has serious deeply-rooted issues with women. I think maybe he was disgusted with himself for being turned on, so he turned that hate towards her…