You may not like Madonna, but to ignore her value is to despise history

Does a woman have the right to have sex with whoever she wants? Can she dress as she wants? Do you deserve the freedom to say whatever you think?

If you answered “yes” at least once, you must recognize Our Lady’s contribution to women’s liberation in the 20th century.

Since she appeared in the media in the early 1980s, the singer has always openly defended the fundamental rights of women.

The right not to be disrespected by men, not to give in to harassment, not to feel guilty about different forms of sexual pleasure, not to be financially dependent, not to submit to something just to please and be accepted…

The Copacabana show divided the country between fans and haters of the artist, in a crude reflection of the political-ideological dismemberment that has been suffocating the population for some years.

On the internet, critics said they were horrified by the “prostitutes” on stage, or rather, by the kisses on the mouth, by the simulations of masturbation and sex, by the bisexual context. The eroticism and autonomy of desire continue to shock. Are we really in 2024?

Why would someone who hates Madonna – and what she represents in society – bother watching the show on Globo (the most pro-LGBTQIAP+ broadcaster) and then protest on social media?

Wouldn’t it have been more worthy to have seen a film, read a novel, listened to Gregorian chants? Anyone who turned on the TV to watch the queen of pop perform knew very well what would be on stage. Voyeurism?

The hostility against the singer is explained by machismo, misogyny, ageism, reactionary, ageism and also by frustration, lack of historical knowledge and lack of empathy (especially from woman to woman).

Nobody is forced to love Madonna, her music and her choreographies full of lasciviousness. We live in a country with freedom of thought and expression. A fundamental right that the artist herself defends.

But intellectual honesty requires us to accept her as an essential character in women’s long and endless war against a world that is always hostile to them.

Without Madonna and other libertarian icons, such as our courageous Dercy Gonçalves and Elke Maravilha, the lives of contemporary women – which are already difficult – would be even more censored, devalued and vulnerable.

Source: Terra