Mujeres de Negro Madrid

English El 26 de abril de 2009 , último domingo de mes En la Plaza Mayor (junto al caballo), a las 12 horas Mujeres de Negro contra la guerra - Madrid Invitan a una concentración de negro y en silencio. Nos gusta ser miembras de Mujeres de Negro, una reflexión sobre el lenguaje NOS GUSTA ser MIEMBRAS de MUJERES de NEGRO Queremos reflexionar sobre el lenguaje: ♀ Sobre lo que cuestionamos y queremos desterrar en él, el sexismo, las expresiones militaristas, ofensivas y discriminatorias contra las personas por su género, raza, procedencia u opción sexual. ♀ Sobre su importancia en nuestro trabajo activista a la hora de transformar la realidad para conseguir un mundo sin violencia, sin militarismo y sin guerras. Expulsemos la guerra y la violencia de la historia y de nuestras vidas C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 – Madrid .................................................................................. NOS GUSTA ser MIEMBRAS de MUJERES de NEGRO, ...

This communicate about language is not easy to translate, this why we add information in brackets and attach the Spanish version for people who can read this language. It is also an opportunity to thank Trisha for all her translations. WE LIKE to be MEMBERS of WOMEN in BLACK: a REFLECTION on LANGUAGE We, Women in Black, feminists, pacifists, anti-militarists, believe that it is very important to reflect on language in our activism. Our mother tongue is not neutral: it is influenced by our personal environment, historical, cultural and social, and, in turn, influences these features of our lives. We analyze and question the language that we have inherited because it has been a mirror of the patriarchal structures which for centuries has not included women. We have not been mentioned or we have not been included, according to their interests and purposes. We know and we feel that WE (in Spanish, only the masculine) does not include us; ALL [men] is not ALL [men and women]. If,...