GénEroos

Time weighs

Tonantzin Margarita Lazcano Corona — 2025-03-10

If the years shouted in every second
the word freedom
even the walls would crumble
by the roar
I am a prisoner of time
and my sister is a prisoner not only of time
but of the whole body

A sentimental reading of Oscura punta by Ethel Krauze

Adriana Saenz Valadez — 2025-03-10

The collection of poems Oscura punta by Ethel Krauze (2023), reprinted in 2024 by the Editorial de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, takes us into a world where the most intimate territory, the body, has been violated by a sea cucumber. In the swaying of the 43 poems, which in turn make up one In the swaying of the 43 poems, which in turn form one, we submerge ourselves, feeling the multiple affections that this violence has provoked.

Gender-related barriers in the government sector

Cristina Fernanda Soto Esquer — 2025-03-10

Gender-related barriers can manifest in various ways during the development of women’s professional careers in the public sector. This text aims to outline these experiences in the public sector from a descriptive scope. Despite the progress that has been experienced in recent decades concerning gender parity in positions of power and decision-making, women are still experiencing situations that affect the performance of their positions: glass ceilings, glass walls, sticky floors, and gender- based political violence. The content analysis on existing studies on gender difference in political participation and their experiences is to shed light on contributions in matters of parity and democracy. Although the Mexican government has put in place legal and constitutional changes that promote parity democracy, there are still government bodies that have not institutionalized practices that promote women’s equal participation in political leadership.

The Public catcalling and the performativity of language, a critical approach from Judith Butler’s theory

Martha Regina Castro Ochoterena — 2025-03-10

Public catcalling, is a linguistic exercise that is currently widely debated. The polysemy of its meaning and the ambiguity in interpreting its intentionality are elements that make this practice an ideal subject for considering the question: Can a verbal act constitute a form of violence? In this sense, this essay will seek to critically reflect on public catcalling by using Butler’s theory of performativity. Thus, it proposes shifting the focus of the debate from the individual interpretation of the catcall to analyzing the material conditions that frame its verbal exercise. This wil allow for a deeper exploration of the potential violence of language and its effects on the bodies it addresses.

Feminist audiovisual anthropology: Community communication with indigenous women in Mexico.

Yerid Lopez Barrera — 2025-03-10

Based on a deep reflection on my collaborative work with women and indigenous peoples in communal communication processes. I propose a working definition of audiovisual feminist anthropology. In this definition, I incorporate key contributions from both feminist and visual anthropology. I argue that this intersection of anthropological clusters is highly beneficial, as it facilitates the creation of narratives and aesthetic languages that convey not only knowledge but also emotions. I emphasize the political potential of narrating the experiences of being a woman in a patriarchal and colonialist society. Furthermore, I delve into the most relevant methodological processes of this sub-discipline, such as community videomaking, and emphasize the active collaboration and participation of communities as the backbone of these efforts. The use of audiovisual media to document and analyze their experiences is fundamental to this approach. I conclude by highlighting the importance of practices developed within audiovisual feminist anthropology, as they significantly contribute to social transformation processes and the empowerment of women and indigenous communities.

Women in the political scene. Analysis of political participation in the municipalities of the State of Mexico (2000-2023)

Emma del Carmen Aguilar Pinto — 2025-03-10

The objective of this article is to analyze the political participation of women in the integration of the municipalities of the State of Mexico over more than two
decades in order to show that, in a diverse state, this has developed within a predominantly male political culture and linked to a political party. This is an exploratory and quantitative study that seeks to provide an overview of the descriptive female representation in the municipalities of the State of Mexico; the local legal framework that favors it and the current partisan situation are analyzed. The main results express an increase in female political participation and a greater presence of women elected to the position of municipal presidents (descriptive representation), as a product of the incorporation of the constitutional principle of gender parity; it highlights that woman have headed large municipalities with less conditions of marginalization, which expresses that local power spaces historically gendered with male predominance are gradually being disrupted.

Women in popularly elected municipal positions in Jalisco: Acatic, Tonala and Zapotlanejo, 1956-2021

Diana Melchor Barrera — 2025-03-10

The purpose of the paper is analyze the incorporation of women into municipal positions and the changes in their political representation between 1956 and 2021 in Acatic, Tonala and Zapotlanejo, three of the municipalities of electoral district 20 of Jalisco. Representativeness aspires to the correspondence between the characteristics of the representatives and those who elect them, such as their ideological or party orientation, profession, social composition, ethnicity or gender. This last is considered for this analysis, which focuses on the disparity between the number of women who make up the electorate and their proportion in these positions in the indicated municipalities. It is proposed that the process of incorporation of women into positions of political representation was late, developed gradually and was unequal with respect to men during most of the study period. Although some electoral reforms favored parity, there is still a greater presence of men in municipal presidencies. It can be stated that women were underrepresented in elected positions in the municipalities examined between 1956 and 2021. For the research, qualitative methodology was used based on a documentary review of municipal and state archives.

Women leaders in legislative politics? Exploratory analysis in Buenos Aires

Cecilia Schneider — 2025-03-10

greatest gender parity in public decisionmaking spaces in large cities (Chudnovsky, 2020). From a socio-political and gender perspective, we ask ourselves how the female
legislators of one of the most important districts in the country, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, develop decisionmaking positions. We argue that despite the positive effects of quota and parity laws on parliamentary composition, traces of a gender biased political culture still survive and it sets a long list of requirements for women leaders. There is also evidence of a multiple range of leadership styles —three stand out in our case study—; and a specific view of women over their personal skills and
material resources that suggest differences with the existing literature and other lines of inquiry. The research applied a qualitative methodological design and integrates data from primary and secondary sources.

Towards the construction of feminist public policies. Alert for Violence against Women in Mexico City, 2019-2023

Leticia Sanchez Garcia — 2025-03-10

The feminist and women’s movement has brought visibility to the increase and intensification of femicidal violence in Mexico City. Laws, public policies, and programs have been promoted; however, there is a recurring pattern of isregard and inadequate response from the State. Through protest, civil society, academia, and government have mobilized multiple resources to demand attention to the problem. Consequently, in 2019, the Gender Violence Against Women Alert was declared, an emergency mechanism to ensure the cessation of femicidal violence. This article aims to analyze the impact of different feminist positions on the development of this public policy mechanism. Semistructured interviews, ethnographic approaches in report presentations, and virtual settings enabled an understanding of the feminist trajectories of the actors, of the key actors, as well as the limits and scope of their participation. The results show that feminist advocacy enables a reorientation of State intervention, and the effects are reflected in the reduction of femicide. The process of the Gender Violence Alert in Mexico City allows it to be characterized as a feminist public policy.

Trans policies and gender perspective in Argentina and Mexico

Naomy Alexandra Aguayo Cervantes — 2025-03-10

The present work compares the differences in the gender perspective in government approaches to care towards the trans community in Mexico and Argentina. This through the three divisions of the Powers of the Union of each country:
the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Powers. The central question is: How has the gender perspective influenced public policies in mechanisms and strategies of care for the trans community in Argentina and Mexico? Derived from this, the objective is to compare and analyze these strategies and mechanisms. In this sense, the hypothesis is: if the three branches of government comprehensively apply the gender perspective, then the States will have a policy of attention towards the trans community that is better coordinated between the branches of government. In
this way, the study between the actions of Mexico and Argentina towards said community reveals significant disparities. It was based on the review of strategies
implemented by the three powers in relation to the gender perspective and the inclusion of trans people in policies
and laws. The analysis points out the importance of transforming government structures to guarantee attention to trans people, highlighting the need for political and social awareness. The main conclusion highlights the insufficiency of government efforts in both countries to comprehensively
address the needs and rights of the trans community. Although Argentina has made more progress in legislative and political terms, there are still persistent challenges in the fight against discrimination and structural violence.

Presentation

Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernandez — 2025-03-10

This issue of the journal brings together a series of texts that, from different fields of action and disciplines, address women's political participation at different levels of government. Almost unanimously, the results of these investigations -supported by qualitative and quantitative approaches, diverse data sources and theoretical frameworks- coincide in pointing out that the presence of women in politics and legislative work confronts them with similar conditions, regardless of whether the context is Mexican or Latin American. Among the most relevant research findings, the following common issues stand out: both their party colleagues and members of opposing parties, as well as the citizenry itself, require them to demonstrate that they have the capacity to perform the position for which they were elected, compared to their male peers in the same positions; negative evaluations regarding the exercise of their authority and decision-making, which tend to be interpreted as temperamental actions or hormonal changes, instead of considering them as legitimate forms of exercising power; and the confrontation of various barriers they must overcome due to their condition as women in the political sphere.