What's up caffeine addicts,
Here is an interesting video I found on my facebook feed from "Mitu" that talks about what the word "Puta" means in Latin American culture and how it promotes inequality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzc8ahNxrg
In many ways, the word "puta" has the same significance as "bitch," "whore," or "slut." Its a way for Latin Americans to condemn women for being too sexually available or pretty much just not having an opinion that you agree with.
As the video suggests, there are so many scenarios that women can be called a puta that they all contradict each other. So much so that it ends up encompassing all women. And if this word basically becomes synonymous with women, it creates a problem in which women can never do anything correctly without someone insulting them.
This happens in my family all the time. My family consists of a lot of very gossipy people, so this is nothing new to them. Whenever a woman does anything even remotely wrong, they are labeled a puta. Even worse though, if a guy is labeled a puta, they are immediately stripped of their masculinity card.
Another part that I found interesting in this video was the way they flipped the gender roles at the end to show the guy how it feels to be shamed for what they wear. All throughout history, woman are told what they can and can't wear. What's too revealing and what's not revealing enough. There is almost never a middle ground. By flipping the gender roles and making it so that it seemed as though he was being shamed for what he wore, it allowed him to understand why it affects woman so much. I think that is an incredibly important part of being a feminist; being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes to see how you would feel in their situation.
Stay Awesome.
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