She blames these types of movements for "convincing" women of
This time, and it shows, Salvador Sostres in his article in 'ABC' feels comfortable recovering one of those topics in which he so much recreates: his attacks (and contempt) on feminism.
The striking thing is that he does it on the occasion of Donald Trump's victory, although he focuses on his wife.
'A woman like you' is 'dedicated' to Melania Trump and, therefore, to women who want to dedicate themselves to the family above anything else. Obviously, the fact that the already almost first lady has a service staff that Isabel Preysler would like, to place us at an already high level, is beside the point.
Feminism is “populism and totalitarianism”
The author begins his writing by saying that “feminism – which is populism and totalitarianism – tried, fortunately without success, to polarize the American elections”.
He mentions that, despite Clinton's attempts to seize the female vote, "white women overwhelmingly voted for the president, to the astonishment of those who try to analyze American politics from their prejudices." Without knowing if he refers to the clearly misogynistic phrases of the already almost President as "prejudices".
"Loving mother"
After this, the praise for Melania "loving mother of her son Barron, who tends to be despised for her beauty and dedication to her family", as if the rest of the women without so many possibilities and good looks could not be "loving mothers” and work or, as Sostres indicates, “as if one could only be a woman in the manner of Mrs. Obama or Clinton”.
But the best of all is when the controversial writer is let loose. He then assures that "in its atrocious egalitarianism, feminism has always tried to embarrass women", in cases where they are not willing to "compete" with men, ignoring the option of freedom of choice.
Freedom to choose
That freedom, for someone who defines himself as a liberal, should be paramount, but Sostres does not mention it in the entire article. He ends it with a resounding, “as if running a multinational company were more important than raising your children, or you could only be a «fulfilled» woman –that concept– according to the masculine concept of «fulfillment».
"Fools" and "traitors to their gender"
For the author of the article, Melania's "example" could "inspire so many women whom the dictatorship of feminism has made feel insecure and unhappy", because they live an existence that they do not want "by the disastrous way of confronting them with their instinct until convincing them that they were fools, and even traitors to their gender, for wanting to dedicate their lives to taking care of their family”.
And then the zenith. Salvador Sostres resorts to a kind of Christian charity to say that "against the use of collectives as throwing weapons, the sacred value of the family as the most beautiful metaphor of the greatest and most compassionate America"; in effect, with a president who, to reach the White House, has 'pulled' compassion with immigrants and, of course, women.
Of course, with the "good intentions" that Sostres assumes, the columnist forgets a fundamental fact when it comes to a woman being able to choose: reconciling work and family. This concept is among those that are difficult to digest on the part of a part of the right.
