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“We should not, we must not, blame those who have been silenced or are compliant with their own oppression for not being brave enough. But nor should we end up in a place where talking about the sex and gender of authors is deemed irrelevant”
[…]
résiste, camarade
compagne de combat
la montagne nous attend
et avec tous « les insurgés »
tous les innocents
et tous ceux qui veulent
relever l’affront
ne pleure pas camarade
femme
oublie ta douleur
ta résistance
est celle
d’une palestinienne
qui lutte pour Jérusalem (53)
La represión de la sexualidad femenina desaguaba en el ansia de confidencia, de lágrimas compartidas. Por eso se idealizaba al ‘hombre atormentado’. Enamorarse era, en cierto modo, tener acceso a la naturaleza de esos presuntos tormentos varoniles, rodeados siempre de cierto misterio. (p. 149)
Any definition of feminism is notoriously difficult as it was never a uniform set of ideas: the aims and character of feminist struggles were hotly contested from the outset. However, it is generally accepted that feminism is a form of politics which aims to intervene in, and transform, the unequal power relations between men and women.