Feminist encounters of the third kind (EN)

(Puedes leer la entrada original en español, aquí.)


Somebody asked me to translate one of the Spanish posts, so here it comes.

The other day I went to see a cabaret show titled Stranded (original title: Varadas), a claim of women’s rights in a fairly poetic way.

I went to the theater with a friend from university. After the play, as it usually happens every time one goes to see a controversial play, we started an intense debate about the plot. We talked about sexism, and feminism and how some women tend to victimize themselves.

I would like to define some terms of social psychology before proceeding (to make sure we are all talking about the same concepts):

• Sexism refers to beliefs and attitudes in relation to the gender of a person. Therefore includes both men and women. For example, "all guys are pigs" and "all girls are sluts" are forms of sexism.

But sexism does not include only negative aspects, it also takes into account the whole set of beliefs about the roles, characteristics and behaviors considered appropriate for men and women. We should therefore distinguish between two very different types of sexism.