The Politics of Gender in Mexico
<p>This conversation with Estefanía Vela introduces the components of the politics of gender in Mexico. We first talk about recent legislations and programs proper to Mexico City itself that constitute significant advancement in the struggle for recognition of equal rights for all lead by women, gays, and transsexual men and women. We then look at the way the gender division is inscribed in the Mexican constitution, in particular in matters of labor. Even when it comes to rights given to pregnant women, the language that attributes them is symptomatic of the fact that what needs to be protected is more reproduction itself than the female body and its rights. We finish this conversation by Estefanía’s examination of the legal notion of “person” in her article “Person for a Day” about Diane Torr’s workshop “Men for a Day.”</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Estefanía Vela
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast