Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador suggested the tradition of women staying at home to take care of older family members was key to battling the coronavirus pandemic.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday suggested the tradition of women staying at home to take care of older family members was key to battling the coronavirus pandemic, sparking criticism his comments were sexist.
"People want to change women's role and that is one of the just causes of feminism, but the tradition in Mexico is that daughters are the ones who care the most for parents. We men are more detached," Lopez Obrador said. "Translating the president's nineteenth century thinking when he says: men are more detached, he means irresponsible; daughters take care of their parents, he's referring to unpaid work; tradition refers to machismo; feminism wants to change roles, true transformation," Martha Tagle, a lawmaker with the Citizen's Movement party, said on Twitter.
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