The 'anti-system' woman: A label that unravels upon definition

Can a woman be anti-system? One participant argues she is the system; another, that the right dictates and the left executes.

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The 'anti-system' woman: A label that unravels upon definition
Can an anti-system woman exist? The label that negates itself

Can a woman be anti-system? The question arises in debate when discussing whether this label can be applied to a woman. And one of the answers that emerges is that there is no concrete case to support it.

The thesis that woman is the system itself

Some argue that a woman cannot be anti-system because she is the system. The argument is based on an interpretation of the psyche and reproduction: everything a person does seeks to generate comfort, and comfort is what a woman chooses to reproduce. Under that logic, an anti-system woman would not exist because she would be the system.

Another intervention responds that looking for such a woman is like the classic saying, 'if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle.' No concrete case that breaks that mold appears in the exchange.

The one who argues the right dictates and the left executes

Another intervention points in the opposite direction. It maintains that left and right are part of the same thing: one side dictates prejudices and the other executes them, and the participant presents himself as someone who does not belong to either side.

And the doubt persists, without a concrete case to resolve it.

Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication. Read the full discussion (32 replies).

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