The parliamentary spokeswoman of Podemos, Irene Montero, announced yesterday that her party will include in her program for the April 28 elections a proposal to implement a subject of feminism in public schools in the country.
This proposal at the national level is based on the key measure of the Isabel Serra program, candidate of Podemos for the Community of Madrid, which has announced that it will take the measure into practice if it wins the regional elections.
In Babies and more, they propose to create a feminist school without soccer at recess, without Neruda and with unisex bathroomsThe proposal has been announced in a video that Irene Montero posted yesterday on her Twitter account. He advocates for importance of educating in equality also from the schools, where not only a specific subject on feminism would be studied, but feminist content would also be present transverally in all school subjects (the role of women in science, literature, art ...)
Public education in our country must have a feminism subject.
- Irene Montero (@Irene_Montero_) March 5, 2019
The basis of any society is education and it must educate in equality.
That is why today we present a subject of feminism. pic.twitter.com/VAR1J2q7bg
"Educating in equality is one of the most important things we have to do"
In the video, Irene begins by explaining that Podemos's proposal for the general elections has been taken from Isabel Serra, autonomous candidate for the elections of the Community of Madrid:
"Educating in equality is one of the most important things we have to do in our societies, and therefore I think we have to take the glove and take the proposal for general elections and that The public education of our country has a feminism subject"
"I think the basis of any society is education if we want our sons and daughters to know that it is intolerable that there is sexual violence against women because they are, if we want them to think that it is intolerable for a woman to be asked if she is going to get pregnant at the time of having a work, that charges less for doing the same job, or that assumes the highest rates of poverty, precariousness, temporality ... It is an intolerable reality that women, because they are, live worse "
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Irene Montero believes it is important to work feminism from birth, educating children to build an egalitarian society. And in this sense, schools would play a fundamental role.
"On the one hand, it is very important that feminist equality contents are present cross-sectionally in all subjects: that history be studied that history has also been built by women, although they have been made invisible; that science and the great discoveries of humanity have also been made by women, although they have been made invisible, and so with writing, the arts and all the subjects we study and that make us the society we are. "
"But on top of that I think it can be very useful that there is a specific subject that talks about equality, of reproductive sexual affective equality, and of all those issues that allow us to grow in equality "
"Education is the fundamental pillar of all societies, and if we want egalitarian societies we need to have an education that is firmly committed to equality. I think this is a good proposal to try to make progress on it "
A proposal that, in general, has not liked
Since the video was published yesterday afternoon, users have not stopped expressing their opinions about the proposal of Podemos, which in general, has not been well received.
The majority believe that education in equality must take place from home and not through a specific subject of feminism, since the schools, through professors involved, the subject of "Social and Civic Values" and coexistence programs, are already responsible for promoting it .
I disagree. What is necessary is a subject of psychology and emotions, to work on empathy, collaboration and mutual respect. With that we would be left over.
- Gonzalo Bonet (@GBCLopi) March 5, 2019
Irene, I am a voter of Podemos and teacher. I think you are wrong if you are going this way, there should not be a subject of feminism, nor a subject in favor of homosexuality or anything like that, because there is already one called values and citizenship that should serve for all that.
- Jo®gito 🇪🇸 (@kokemdrd) March 5, 2019
Forgive Irene, but in the public school of this country feminism is already working on various plans and projects, teachers have been working on it for years and it seems to me that this is to detract from our work, our projects and a tremendous opportunism.
- Ángela 🔻 (@anyi_vb) March 5, 2019
As a woman I do not agree. That from schools be educated with the values of respect, empathy, courage, honesty ... a subject of feminism is how to enhance inequality between equals. I do not see it necessary or logical, and I think it contradicts one of your slogans: equality.
- ☆ smilepincho ★★ (@ pachimpacham60) March 5, 2019
And you, what do you think of the proposal of Podemos on the implementation of a specific subject of feminism?We could try to "educate" at home and in the educational centers to "train" the students.
- belIsabel M. Migallón (@Isabel_Migallon) March 5, 2019
