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No one said the transition to a more egalitarian society or breaking gender mandates was easy

It is often said that failure should not be seen as a problem, but as an experience that can motivate new opportunities. Some voices even argue that knowing how to fail is an art because in addition to the pain it causes, it can be the engine for personal growth. I don’t want to deny such a question, at least not in resounding terms; but dismantling this blind faith that failure, as if by magic, makes us better. Facing failure requires an education and a conscious attitude towards life, changes and our identity, which is in constant interaction with others. If there are no tools in our personal backpack that protect us or save us from dissatisfaction and frustration, it will be difficult for us to bear our failures with good humor and with perspective and the impact they have on those around us .

With these words I do not want to focus exclusively on the individual. When societies become polarized, it is also helpful to talk about failure. The debates currently on the political agenda, such as the consolidation of the rule of law, the impact of the ‘only yes is yes’ law or the possible effects of the trans law on health, child development and healthcare, are practiced in a completely stupid scenario, characterized by prejudice, electoral interest and, of course, moral authoritarianism.

The polarization is more than obvious, but it’s helpful not to lose sight of another of the evils that threaten our freedoms and civil rights. Many of the social advances ahead, such as real and effective equality (and not just legal) between women and men, the recognition of the human (and labor) rights of sex workers or the rights of sexual minorities (including the right of trans men to be fathers or that of gay men to start a family through assisted reproduction techniques, as is the case with surrogacy), are discussed in dogma, exaggeration and disregard for knowledge.

While one of our society’s great achievements was the recognition of the dignity of all human beings through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, we are now living through a sour and devastating moment. The dignity of people in everyday life is in question: professional polarizers, sold out to wild electoralism and the mass media, have fragmented the consciousness of the bourgeoisie. They have stripped us of empathy and critical thinking. The result is a society in which the right to dignity is presented as a power struggle: ourselves against others. Is this damage irreparable? Has this effect displaced the responsibility that leaders must take in their speeches and political decisions? Can this failure inspire a common path that is more supportive, more tolerant, free of false idols and away from this growing intellectual mirage?

Most human rights advances upend our social structures and with them many of our moral beliefs. No one said the transition to a more egalitarian society or breaking gender mandates was easy. In this transition, however, I am alarmed by the proliferation of ill-conceived regulations, which allude to theories without empirical or technical support, of terminologies based purely on social activism and which have no ethical basis, are compatible with scientific guarantees and legislation. What good is freedom if it is exercised without knowledge?

Source: La Verdad

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