Thus, our #critique of liberal #feminism refers to its advocacy of individual liberation only, without reflection on class. In this way, it reproduces capitalist logic when it thinks of women’s emancipation only as recognition and social mobility, for example, within a #society that remains unequal. In this conception, women would have the right to be in the same jobs as men, but when they are there, the logic of #inequality continues to reproduce itself. This liberal feminism has appropriated concepts and guidelines that are historically from the popular and women’s struggle. It appropriates, in a distorted way, many concepts to conform to liberal and neoliberal precepts. This appropriation serves #capitalism in many ways. One example is the use of the very idea of equality by the market, with its mass #propaganda, which contributes to the naturalization of a supposed “equality” that already exists, naturalizing the logics of capitalism and the #state, which remain intact. In this way, the market feeds the false illusion of #equality, preaching as “empowerment” that women can “succeed in big companies”, in State positions, etc., reaching high positions or leadership, in a meritocratic logic. However, when they are in these positions, they continue to #work for and within the system, without questioning why other women have not “succeeded”, without attributing this inequality to the capitalist system.
This process of distortion also occurred with the concept of “Empowerment”, whose contours were shaped by the work of Freirean critical #pedagogy. It is important to remember that this concept was born rooted in popular movements and was appropriated in a distorted way by liberal feminism. Therefore, when we speak of #empowerment, we must take it up from its collective root. Only collective empowerment will make a difference in the struggle of #women.

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