Let me be a laywoman in peaceDon't get married youngWithout fear of a Church that I do not understandWomen have been fooled by feminism. We have been sold so much smoke that it is difficult for us to see anything clearly. We have been fooled that we are the most empowered and free generation of women in history, but at the same time we are still totally subjected to the patriarchal order. But at the same time we are still totally subjected to the patriarchal order. Where do we stand?
A few days ago the image of some women in Spain went viral demanding that girls should be allowed to wear the Islamic veil in schools and universities. It is surprising that there are still those who think that being completely covered, leaving only space for the eyes, is a symbol of freedom.
If you couple this claim with the affiliation to a political party that has covered up for several sex offenders, you realize that the joke tells itself. They want us "free and empowered" amidst the smoke, where we can't even see who we really are or what we need as women.
Feminism by color
At a time when people are trying to eliminate the existence of our sex, claiming that gender is a construction and that being a woman means nothing, it is time to claim a femininity that is perfectly known. And not to know oneself in that perverted sense that they want to inculcate so much in our little girls, but to really know that femininity that goes beyond political and ideological claims, that does not carry a flag or corporate colors.
It makes no sense that the vindication of women's dignity belongs only to certain political signs, as if not agreeing with these ideologies immediately makes you an enemy of your own sex. What today's feminism has brought with it is division among us, perhaps to entertain us while our "allies" get their way at our expense.
The current feminism brings division also with the male, pointing to all as potential enemies. The problem is not men, the problem is bad men (which there are, no doubt). Identifying one part of the group as the whole is a tactic used since ancient times... And from recent history, we know that it has never led to anything good.
Is there such a thing as a woman?
But they continue to try to deceive us, pointing fingers elsewhere so that we do not see that those who denounce the problem are in many cases the creators of it. They continue to sell smoke, while statistics and reality put before us the truth: today's feminism does not work because it is flawed at its roots. Because if women do not exist, if we do not accept that there is something inherent to our femininity, feminism makes no sense (something denounced by the Catholic Association of Propagandists in its campaign for 8M 2025).
It is true that there are feminist currents that do not accept the elimination of women. Perhaps these are a little better on track, but they are still part of the deception. We have to dissipate the smoke and recover the clarity of concepts. We must recover the pride of being a woman, without victimhood and without political colors.
Recovering our femininity
Let us not allow ourselves to be convinced that being a woman is the same as being a victim of the patriarchy. That is submission. Let us not continue to swallow the deception that men are the enemy. Let us not allow ourselves to be eliminated from sports competitions, television and books, as if being a woman meant nothing. Let us not allow ourselves to be considered free and empowered until we, freely, decide get married with a man, have children or quit a job.
The feminist deception lies in the fact that only some seem to have the power to tell us what it is to be a woman, if such a thing exists. Let's recover what is ours, of all of us, regardless of our beliefs and contexts. Less 8M, protests and chants, and more claiming that women exist and there is nothing wrong with that.
