Evita Perón's menstrual leave
anecdote · historical ·
retold in 4 talks
Žižek praises Evita Perón for introducing menstrual leave in Argentina, noting it as a 'tremendously ingenious' measure, despite his general critique of Peronism.
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As told 3
“We can make fun of Evita Perón, but I found this so tremendously ingenious... she was the first one to do it... Argentina was... the first country in the world which gave all employed women two days every month for their period of three days”
“she introduced every month for a woman who is in her period two or three days... that's for me anti-femitism, concrete, daily.”
“every woman who was employed got two free days holiday when she has period.”
What it carries
one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)
contents · one story, 1 jobsuses
concrete feminism
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Its cast and sources
populated by
Eva Perón3Juan Perón2John Langshaw Austin1Bruno Dostils1Robert Redford1Grigory Zinoviev1Fabio Vighi1Lev Kamenev1
alongside works
Every retelling 3
Žižek praises Evita Perón for introducing menstrual leave in Argentina, noting it as a 'tremendously ingenious' measure, despite his general critique of Peronism., illustrating assemblage
Perón introduced paid leave for menstruation in Argentina, which Žižek cites as a concrete, materialist feminist achievement that addresses daily practical troubles better than symbolic rules., illustrating sexuality-gender,ideology
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Žižek cites Evita Perón's policy in Argentina granting two free holiday days for menstruation as an example of 'concrete feminism' that addresses material biological reality rather than symbolic recognition., illustrating concrete feminism