Once again, the local Congress of the state of Oaxaca caused a stir after classifying beauty pageants and contests that promote sexist stereotypes or discriminate physical characteristics as symbolic violence.
Symbolic violence describes a type of non-physical violence manifested in the power differential between social groups.
This was announced by the legislative body, thus, Article 18 Bis of the State Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Gender Violence was added.
The use of public resources in pageants and contests where the physical characteristics of girls, adolescents, and women . . .
