All-male panel on feminism comes under fire in Mexico
5 DE OCTUBRE DE 2017 / 18:31 / HACE 4 HORAS
Sophie Hares
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TEPIC, Mexico, Oct 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A debate about feminism with an all-male panel at Mexico’s biggest university is under fire on social media for its lack of women, although the panel moderator says it was an attempt at portraying men’s roles.
The panel led by feminist and anthropologist Marta Lamas and featuring 11 men discussing feminism, rights and the market has been criticised online as “feminism for dummies” and prompted one participant to drop out.
Set for Oct. 11, the event is entitled “Marta Lamas in Dialogue with XY,” a reference to male chromosomes.
Online, critics called it a case of “mansplaining,” when men condescendingly tell women about topics that they do not need explained.
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