Zorra is an often quoted word equality workshops taught in schools and conversations from a gender perspective, delivered in all types of organizations as part of public strategy reduce gender violence through prevention. “This is a red flag, a warning sign. “We explain to girls that hearing what their partner is saying means their relationship is not good and they are in danger,” she explains. Ana de Blas, Feminist Movement activist from Madrid, who has participated in numerous such sessions with women of various ages, and today she asks herself with concern: “How do we tell them this now?” that word is no longer serious, What if we know that this is the last thing victims of sexist violence hear before they are beaten by their abusers?
The “now” that de Blas is talking about is the days following Nebulossa’s victory at the recent Benidorm Festival. The selection of her song to represent Spain at Eurovision placed the word that gives the song its name and appears 40 times in the lyrics, at the center of an intense debate based on the following readings: supporters and detractors The topic was taken advantage of.
The joy of those who see this feminist self-affirmation exercise She said they have established various feminist groups and expert voices, in non-sexist language, who warn that singer María Bas, a 56-year-old woman, vindicates her as revenge against those who called her a bitch to humiliate her in the past – in short, as the lyrics say – contrasts with the call for alarm. “ordinariness” He says that the song consists of a statement uttered by the same number of attackers in nearly 15,000 judicial decisions regarding sexist violence.
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Whatever the fate of the song at the Eurovision Song Contest in May, at this point in the calendar it’s easy to foresee countless songs coming next summer. verbenaWe will see all the squares shouting “bitch!” The scene of the singer until he loses his voice is one that will most likely be repeated at weddings, karaokes, and different types of party venues. Psychology teaches that there is no better way to break a taboo than to invoke it. Can repeating an insult and ad nauseam cause it to crumble?
“Insults are not reinterpreted, they are censored. “Repeating the word ‘bitch’ until it is exhausted will neither lose its meaning nor will it stop being used by those who use it, that is, to attack us women,” she replies. María Martín Barranco, equality educator and author of several books on implicit sexism in language.
Those who defend the effectiveness of Nebulossa’s theme in relieving the grievance contained in the word that gives its title, refer to the journey experienced by the expression.fagot!”, has recently been proudly reclaimed by the gay community. Martin Barranco denies mayA: “Some gay people may use it among themselves, but today on the streets and in schoolyards, fagot is still an insult shouted to belittle others,” warns the expert. “We just did this: We changed the Constitution to remove the word diminutive because we found it offensive.” We reformed, but no one thought of redefining it. ‘Cause it’s impossible, just like whore, whatever that means.”
One of the most striking paradoxes of the debate raised by the song in question is the overlap of voices that are in pursuit of the song and those that are not. “women’s empowerment”. Another thing is by what rules they do this. “postcard bitch” claimed by the revealed Nebulossa singer”alone“, having fun until the morning and knowing “Black sheep” is seen as a statement by some feminist groups. macho archetype It is full of sexual connotations that objectify women, both due to the lyrics and the staging of the song.