Machismo comes from a set of behaviors and beliefs of men, whose structural and cultural influence is hypermasculinity, which refers to the superiority of men over women, in which, due to their strength and power, they were allowed to express themselves. Negative as: aggressiveness against women.
In this sense, an Argentine anthropologist, expert in feminism, Rita Segato, expressed in one of her interviews: That which makes a man think that if he cannot demonstrate his virility, he is not a person. The humanity of the male subject is so compromised by his virility that he does not see himself as being a person worthy of respect, if he does not have the attribute of some kind of power.
What are the male potencies? Not only sexual, which is the least important, but also war power, physical, economic, intellectual, moral, political force. All this is being concentrated by a very small group of people, and today the man is also a victim of the masculinity mandate.
Given the acts of violence against women and cases of femicide. The man fails to clear his mind, he also becomes a victim of the macho structural system, believing that he cannot be in a “victim” situation, if he stops being the virile man, who has power over women, he feels that he is betraying himself. himself because of his condition of being “the macho man”. When an infidelity occurs, or the woman decides to leave the relationship, the man goes crazy, and confused, as if he stopped being “the owner and lord”, he loses control over the woman, and automatically his reaction is to use his own strength only to harm, and cannot control his impulses, when he commits the worst, and begins to assess what happened, he does not know what to do, in some cases, he eliminates himself, in others, due to the rage that he concentrates, in the form of revenge, dismembers her Now, if the man is unfaithful, or decides to end his relationship with the woman, he “normalizes” it and nothing happens. How ironic!
It is important that men change their vision, their way of thinking, to unlearn the macho culture installed within society, that although there was an improvement, we still need to understand that these behaviors generate more violence. We must understand that both men and women have the power of decision and the full freedom to choose and be with whoever they want in a loving relationship, and both must be mature enough to “respect, forgive and/or let go” of any situation. and human error.
We have to find a way to restore society, understand that we are equal, and that men have no more authority, power, power, morality and sovereignty over women.
Let’s eradicate these sexist automatisms that are destroying so many families.
