We. He was dominated by quiet voices. Erased from history and science books. We. Those excluded from the decision points. Held in private. Condemned to precariousness. Those of us who charge less for the same job. We. Considered consumable sexual objects. Object of obscene looks and dirty comments. We. Rejected from the background. You've been educated in terror. Driven to work at night and day. We insult, we beat, we rape, we kill. We, the women.
We are sick. We are fed up with the fine words of the wind. We're fed up with a day-long farce. They were fed up with them. They deny us the decisions about our body and our sexuality. They. Photography. They. Money. Enriched by our work. They. Power.
9 March, 10, April, May, June… One day on 8 March and the rest of the year eight files with white shirt and tie, smiling at the camera and making decisions that influence the future of women. That has been one of the successes of the call for strike, those who were calm and comfortable have once again felt uncomfortable. March 8 is not makeup day
Damn it! We were fed up with 8 March. What needed a day of struggle was a symbolic day to justify the lack of initiatives and actions. But this year has been different. Despite the numbers and the monitoring of the strike, the call has been a success. Many policy authorities and representatives were more comfortable than comfortable with the events related to International Women ' s Day. Each year, at the end of February, the time was ripe for the work on equality to be carried out. Just make a couple of statements on the same day and bring us closer to concentration, fulfilling the annual tasks for this issue. Then 9, 10 March, April, May, June… One day 8 March and the rest of the year eight files with white shirt and tie, smiling at the camera and making decisions that influence the future of women. That has been one of the successes of the call for strike, those who were calm and comfortable have once again felt uncomfortable. March 8 is not the day for makeup.
The strike has won because it has regained the meaning of the day, putting feminist demands first, making visible all the forms of discrimination brought by the petty sum of patriarchy and capitalism. The feminist movement has acquired all the leading role, over and above institutional acts and programs, of general and undefined demands for equality. And everyone, everyone, has felt challenged and forced to position themselves. In today’s attitudes we have seen what feminist rivals are. And also what are the wolves dressed in sheepskin, the fine guardians of the patriarchy. The echo of the Inquisition and the devil have also made their appearance.
On the other hand, the call for a strike was unique and special, and the call for a general strike. Being international is not a cough of goats at midnight, and its visibility has been very high. The women’s proposal for women has been based on our situation: in addition to the employment gap, care and domestic work and consumption have been part of the strike. From the process of empowerment that each person must realize from his/her reality and day to day.
There is no doubt that if feminism does not direct transformation, patriarchy does so, disguised as normal. On 8 March this year it was an important step, but we and the devil inside us must continue to plant ourselves.
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ARGIAk ez du zertan bat etorri artikuluen edukiarekin. Idatzien gehienezko luzera 4.500 karakterekoa da (espazioak barne). Idazkera aldetik gutxieneko zuzentasun bat beharrezkoa da: batetik, ARGIAk ezin du hartu zuzenketa sakona egiteko lanik; bestetik, egitekotan edukia nahi gabe aldatzeko arriskua dago. ARGIAk azaleko zuzenketak edo moldaketak egingo dizkie artikuluei, behar izanez gero.
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