Sisterhood is a social, ethical and emotional pact that is created between women, it is to know, above all, that together we are stronger than apart, that empowerment is only possible if we create strong alliances between us, treating each other as sisters and not as enemies . A relationship based on our value as a collective with the intention of generating a real change in our society.
We’ve all come across this word lately: “fraternity. ” It is increasingly present in our language and in the written media, although the term is more than 50 years old. It was in 1970 that writer Kate Millett, leader of feminism At the time, proposed this word in order to have an idea to fight in her daily life as a strong activist: to achieve a social union between women without differences in class, religion or ethnicity.
- Fraternity is an ethical.
- Political and practical term for contemporary feminism.
- Which transcends a sense of feminine complicity that seeks above all to generate social change.
Under the slogan “Women of the World, United”, Millet coined the word “Fraternity” which has been translated into our language by the derivation of the word sister. It is certainly an idea that inspires, because far from staying on the simple label, it seeks to encourage us, strengthen us as a group and visualize us in our daily contexts to achieve change.
It was the anthropologist Marcela Lagarde who further perfected the concept of fraternity to talk about the friendship between women who become accomplices of working together, a commitment to succeed feeling free and strong together.
Being born, growing and educated in a context marked by the weight of patriarchy comes at a price. One is to see other women as rivals and competitors. It’s not uncommon to see how, in schools, universities or in our jobs. , we criticize ourselves. Do we create walls and obstacles to generate meaningless antagonisms, where we weaken far from empowering ourselves?Almost unknowingly, we lose the alliance that has defined us so much in the past.
In ancient times, women shared much more than now, we have created life as a firm group aimed at helping and enriching ourselves emotionally and psychologically, older generations gave advice to younger people, shared education, culture and collection tasks, and the treatment of diseases was performed by natural plants?
Maybe we were little witches. Craftsmen of nature and ancestral knowledge who gathered in the famous “red tent” during menstruation to share stories, synchronize our cycles and sow affection in our emotional gaps so that we can be a little more precious every day. . Stronger as mothers, stronger as sisters and daughters of life, creating a true brotherhood.
Fellowship allows us to regain our power as women who prosper and nurture others. We are carriers of empathy, beneficiaries of fraternity, of a bond where together we are better than in solitude.
The feminine consciousness that we enjoy in the early days of our societies has been lost over time, and although we value very positively the friendship between us, this authentic bond as a group oriented to change is not common.
Not only do we need to be friends, because the concept of brotherhood goes much further, we talk about fraternity, feminine complicity, an ethical principle in the home, where we have a transformative mindset, as well as a social commitment that is not limited. to live up a flag, occasionally, during a demonstration.
Fraternity is a revolution that takes place from within, first, to become aware of who we are, what we deserve and what we do not achieve in a society that, unfortunately, remains highly patriarchal; then this consciousness must be imbued with every woman who finds us in our daily lives, supporting, visualizing and repairing her chipped femininity, to empower each other.
Subsequently, this fraternity will move from the emotional to the social aspect to exert influence and lead to a real transformation in our society.
Moreover, and not least, it should be noted that the stock market requires constant criticism and self-criticism, sometimes we can behave in a way that undermines the idea of brotherhood and feminism when we question other women, thinking that if my neighbor gets this promotion in her business, is it for something ?; doubting this stranger who denounces an aggression and turns his back on him.
Fraternity is synonymous with solidarity, it is to be able to create a network of support between us to help us and demand real change, let us put it into practice, believe it.