Bonus episode: Femininity and Power
/“When you see the countries that have been run by women, they’re not necessarily the Anglo-Saxon countries.”
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
“I do think Latin countries have a different attitude to women in power.”
In this extra episode we're back with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. She's fresh from 30 years of living in France, and a keen observer of how gender plays out all over the world. "Anglo-Saxon cultures do not like, embrace, or value femininity," she says. She believes Latin cultures are far more female-friendly - that a woman can be as feminine as she likes and still hold power without the blowback she'd get in a country like the US.
There's a lot to think about in this 9-minute episode. You can also read a transcript of the show.
Further reading: From The Economist, a piece on violence against women in Latin America.
From UN Women - Fighting Femicide in Latin America.
Catherine Deneuve and Others Denounce #MeToo Movement, via the New York Times.