Finally, a male's reaction to a woman abuser.

By Moisés Mendes, for 247

Reactions to journalist Leão Serva's actions, in which he approached Congressman Douglas Garcia, grabbed his cell phone, and threw it away, fill a page with a variety of arguments.

Serva interrupted the Bolsonaro supporter's aggression towards journalist Vera Magalhães at the end of Tuesday's debate between candidates for governor of São Paulo, making a rare intervention.

The reactions to what he did are predictable. They think he acted correctly, or that he shouldn't have reacted with fury, or that he should have waited for the security guards to restrain him, or that it would have been better to talk to the guy and that he could do this and that.

The "this-and-that" mentality is what comes up most often. It's equivalent to "leave it as it is." Don't get involved in a fight between a man and an independent, autonomous woman, because some feminists don't like it.

It has been like this for a long time, ever since then-Congressman Bolsonaro first assaulted his colleague Maria do Rosário in 2014. The men in the Green Room of the Chamber did nothing.

No action is taken in similar situations. Macho men, emboldened by the preaching of the genocidal leader, assault anonymous women every day.

Macho men in office assault women in public spaces, in virtual or in-person situations, thus reproducing the teachings of their leader.

And what about the other men who witness the assaults? The men nearby either just watch or walk away. It's always been like this.

Millionaire Thiago Antonio Brennand, a muscular gun collector, assaulted businesswoman Helena Gomes at a gym in São Paulo.

Helena was rescued by women. The case became famous, with the video of the assault and the rescue repeatedly shown on TV, simply because it appeared on Fantástico.

The exemplary scene of female fearlessness and helplessness is that of police officer Pâmela Suelen Silva, widow of civil guard Marcelo Arruda, murdered this year in Foz do Iguaçu by a Bolsonaro supporter.

In this case too, a video serves as proof. Pamela confronts the aggressor, tries to prevent him from entering the club, and even throws herself against him to prevent her husband's death. And there is no man to help or protect her.

Under these circumstances, men are immobilized by the terror of fascism, with various excuses.

Some say that women need to fend for themselves, and others won't say it, but it's clear they're being cowardly.

Leão Serva's gesture, triggered by outrage at seeing his colleague being assaulted, has this element that shouldn't be surprising: a man standing up for a woman.

In these situations, it should always be like this, but it isn't. Serva is the only man in the scene of the aggression to act with physical force.

The gesture of throwing the cell phone has an additional meaning. The journalist interrupts the fabrication of evidence to shield the abuser of women, as Serva himself defined it.

The "leave-me-out-of-this" crowd wouldn't do what Serva did. Their inaction, with the convenient excuses of self-proclaimed pacifists, has been contributing to the rise of fascism.

Let it not be said that everyone will now act like Servants and that the solution is more than just taking away these guys' cell phones; it's about confronting the Bolsonaro supporters hand-to-hand.

No. But the attempt to protect the offended colleague is an example of a lack of selflessness.

And perhaps the best part of the scene is the macho man fleeing after assaulting a woman, only to be startled by a man's intervention. And that's despite Serva being quite skinny.