Panorama of violence against women in the recent history of Mexico

Abstract

This article is part of my master's research project in social sciences "Feminist Artivism: Construction of Genealogies in Response to Violence against Women in Xalapa, Veracruz. Before, During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown." The intention is to contextualize and trace the problem of violence against women in Mexico and to understand its importance in the feminist movement. In addition to empathizing with the problem. Violence against women, according to Gago (2019), Sagot (2000), Segato (2003) and Butler (2020), is not the result of pathological or natural behaviors, but rather is the result of learned practices aimed at the subjugation of female bodies to continue reproducing a system of power in which men rule. Violence against women is a recurrent way of reaffirming patriarchal rule and the power that men have over feminized bodies.