By Marta Lamas
With the aim of starting up discussion and debate, Feminism offers a severe and deeply own historical past of Mexican feminism within the final thirty 5 years. Drawing from her a long time of activism and anthropological scholarship, influential philosopher Marta Lamas covers subject matters comparable to the political improvement of the feminist circulation, affirmative motion within the office, conceptual advances in regard to gender, and the nuances of disagreements between feminists. right here in English for the 1st time, this work bargains precious perception into the theoretical and political tensions that experience formed Mexican feminism and the realm at huge.
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Without formal channels of communication, the movement’s positions were not made known, or were manipulated by the mass media. With no visible leaders, feminist activity was rendered invisible. Although, at different moments, feminist groups developed multiple initiatives and sought to build temporary alliances (for example, the coalition in 1976 and FNALIDM in 1979), because they did not establish political relationships with other forces, the movement was cut off from national politics. Furthermore, by organizing into identity-based groups, personal emotions such as erotic passion or romantic resentments advanced to the forefront.
The law passed thanks to the group’s lobbying and to the alliance of congresswomen of all the parties, coordinated by Amalia García, then a PRD congresswoman. The second effort raised the issue of quotas. At the beginning of the decade, a sector of “popular” feminism initiated a more pragmatic intervention in the public sphere and discovered that more women were needed in political positions. This group demanded quotas for female representation to correct the political parties’ numerical imbalance.
Despite recognizing the importance of alternation in office, many feminist groups bemoaned the victory of the National Action Party (PAN) because of its conservative politics. In his inaugural address, President Vicente Fox expressed his commitment to adopt the so-called gender perspective in his administration, summarily kissing a crucifix! Fox appointed three women as members of his cabinet;35 only one of these remained in office: the minister of social development, Josefina Vázquez-Mota. A few feminists accepted positions in the new government, thinking they would take advantage of the new spaces supposedly opened by the alternation in office.
