Actualidad
By Paula Iudica
Incredible as it is, the term “Feminazi” is constantly heard and circulated on social media. It is a way - derogatory, of course - of relating feminism with Nazism.
Could it be that there is a lack of information about what Nazism was and its consequences during World War II? Could it be that feminism is such a new movement that it is not known exactly what it promotes?
Relating feminism to Nazism is incoherent. For that person who does not want to delve too deeply into the subject, it is enough to consult a dictionary and go to the most basic, the definitions:
Nazism: From to. Nazismus, and this shortened. de Nationalsozialismus - Nacionalsocialismo: 1. m. Political and social movement of the German Third Reich, totalitarian, pan-Germanist and racist.
Feminism: From fr. féminisme, and east of lat. female ‘woman’ and -isme ‘-ism’. 1. m. Principle of equal rights for women and men.
Nazism was a totalitarian, repressive, intolerant regime that despised and exterminated all those people who were considered different or inferior. They brutally murdered millions of Jews, gypsies, disabled people, congenital patients, homosexuals, political opponents ... and also feminists. Many were forced into exile during Nazism and others ended up in concentration camps.
Feminism is against any type of violence, fights against inequality and discrimination and is inclusive. Make visible and denounce the consequences of the patriarchal system and gender violence in all its forms. From the wage gap between men and women, through the trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation, to its most extreme point, femicide - the murder of women because they are women. Feminism generates social awareness and, from there, it promotes paradigm shifts that are gradually translated into the conquest of new rights for women.
The leaders, officials and collaborators of the Nazi regime were tried for committing crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Feminism is peaceful and fights for human rights.
So, what is the meeting point between feminism and Nazism? There simply isn't.
Currently, in Latin America there are 12 femicides per day. That is, 4,380 femicides per year, and unfortunately we know that there are many others of which we do not find out. Until a few years ago, there were not even statistics about it. Impossible to count.
If what is rejected is an ideology of extermination and violence, shouldn't sexist violence then bother more than the fight of the feminist movement?
It is not a lack of information or concrete data. It is not ignorance. It is a clear will to discredit the demands and values that drive feminism. It is important that we do not naturalize this term. Calling a feminist a feminazi is violent and patriarchal.
Actualidad
By Paula Iudica
Incredible as it is, the term “Feminazi” is constantly heard and circulated on social media. It is a way - derogatory, of course - of relating feminism with Nazism.
Could it be that there is a lack of information about what Nazism was and its consequences during World War II? Could it be that feminism is such a new movement that it is not known exactly what it promotes?
Relating feminism to Nazism is incoherent. For that person who does not want to delve too deeply into the subject, it is enough to consult a dictionary and go to the most basic, the definitions:
Nazism: From to. Nazismus, and this shortened. de Nationalsozialismus - Nacionalsocialismo: 1. m. Political and social movement of the German Third Reich, totalitarian, pan-Germanist and racist.
Feminism: From fr. féminisme, and east of lat. female ‘woman’ and -isme ‘-ism’. 1. m. Principle of equal rights for women and men.
Nazism was a totalitarian, repressive, intolerant regime that despised and exterminated all those people who were considered different or inferior. They brutally murdered millions of Jews, gypsies, disabled people, congenital patients, homosexuals, political opponents ... and also feminists. Many were forced into exile during Nazism and others ended up in concentration camps.
Feminism is against any type of violence, fights against inequality and discrimination and is inclusive. Make visible and denounce the consequences of the patriarchal system and gender violence in all its forms. From the wage gap between men and women, through the trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation, to its most extreme point, femicide - the murder of women because they are women. Feminism generates social awareness and, from there, it promotes paradigm shifts that are gradually translated into the conquest of new rights for women.
The leaders, officials and collaborators of the Nazi regime were tried for committing crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Feminism is peaceful and fights for human rights.
So, what is the meeting point between feminism and Nazism? There simply isn't.
Currently, in Latin America there are 12 femicides per day. That is, 4,380 femicides per year, and unfortunately we know that there are many others of which we do not find out. Until a few years ago, there were not even statistics about it. Impossible to count.
If what is rejected is an ideology of extermination and violence, shouldn't sexist violence then bother more than the fight of the feminist movement?
It is not a lack of information or concrete data. It is not ignorance. It is a clear will to discredit the demands and values that drive feminism. It is important that we do not naturalize this term. Calling a feminist a feminazi is violent and patriarchal.