Journal: Women where there used to be Men

Politics is though escencially as an area for men. And the fact that there has been little participation of women in its history, tends to reinforce this idea. Argentinian society has a negative view about politics i general, and this view is even more negative when tlking about women in connection to politics.
This is the case for example, of Fabiana Rios. This woman from Rosario is the first governess elected in our country. She is 43 years old and is married since 22. She has two teenager daughters. Although she's a biochemist, she got involved in poitics many years ago. Her political career started by the year 1988 in Tierra del Fuego where she moved because the crountry was going through a crisis that made job oportunities scarce in big cities. Appart from governess, she was also legislator and national representative.
One of the things related to this women that caught my attention the most, is the fact that she firmely says that she doesnt want to remain in the history of our country only becasue of being one of the few politicians who are woman, but for making justice more efficiency. At the same time she knows that she is openning a space for every women in our society. And for this reason she's admired by women and consider a hint of hope for many of them. Fourtunatelly, she thinks of the duty of making women visible in our country a sort of debt which was half paid by other women politicians and public figures, and that she wants to continue paying.
But when thinking about the cause of women underestimation within politics and society in general, she strongly believes that most of the time women push themselves to less protagonic positions in life. This means a sort of autolimitation from women to themselves. For her, women assume ourselves to be in a second plane of importance in comparisin to men. She is right in what she bellieves, but the fact is that all this submissive attitudes are doubtless the result of years of living under this type of culture. To support this with examples, have in mind that women have the right to vote since only 50 years ago, more or less. There are still women in our society who spent their youth without this right.. And for cases which involves women, our CIvil Code still has a special treatment.
So, to move away from this type of culture, is a conquest that takes place, but very slowly within the passing of time. The name of Fabiana Rios is another women name to sum to the ones of those who started the shift. She is part of something bigger. She's part of the change.