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"

is considered by many to be born in 1968 when a group of women demonstrated against the

in New Jersey by removing their bra and throwing it into a symbolic garbage can. At the very least, what was born was the

of the

It was an act of liberation in which the bra symbolized the

of women for the male gaze", writes

in 'Fashion and other neuroses' (plankton press).

What is underlined here is how a

, especially underwear, can become

In the

the bra has lost all its ascendancy and the focus has dropped a few inches, down to the

Femen activists protest outside the Saudi embassy in kyiv in 2011.GETTY IMAGES

So much so that the new

the occasion of 25N has used those of

as one of its inspirations.

Under the magnifying glass of

, different daily situations are examined that sometimes, unfortunately, go unnoticed by the bulk of society.

One of them, the appearance in the program 'El Hormiguero' in 2017 of Elsa Pataky, where

In his usual line (we don't say this, he says it), he asked her a question similar to the one reproduced in the Equality ad: "And speaking of wardrobe... do you wear sexy or comfortable underwear when you sleep? ".

In the Equality ad, the guest on the fictional show replies, "If I were a guy, he wouldn't have asked me that question."

Motos has defended himself by saying that Pataky came to promote his underwear line and that he asks the same thing to every living creature, including men.

The excuse frees him little of guilt, the truth.

What question is that, so intimate, to ask a person taking advantage of a situation in which the other is not going to send you to hell?

From Elvis Presley's panties to Femen

To which we were going, that today the panties rule in the feminist discourse, and not because they appear in the Equality announcement (which is quite an indication in any case).

Of course: they had been asking for the floor for a long time.

Let's not forget that at

's mythical concerts in Hawaii or Las Vegas, women threw panties at him, just as they later did to

or

Panties are more sexual (and transgressive, when displayed) than bras because they are in direct contact with the genital tract, with all that this entails.

In fact, the

is so widespread that there is a thriving business of buying and selling used panties, which began in

and has ended up landing in Spain through websites such as https://es.panty.com.

Even on Etsy they sell

!

In the context of fashion, on the other hand, exposed panties have experienced an unstoppable rise on the catwalk and red carpet stage in recent years, something absolutely unthinkable a decade ago, no matter how much the

was invented in the 60s.

In 2015, the New York collective

released

large pink letters reading "feminist" on the back.

The response in networks was overwhelming and encouraged the creators,

and

to open an online store, where the panties in question sold out quickly.

They also aroused the interest of the media.

In an interview they said "many women

based on what they

, which is not our focus.

That choice should revolve around what makes you feel comfortable.

If you want to look sexy for someone else, that's great, but the decision has to start with you.

And whether that means you want to go with a

or

girls need to be supported whatever their decision is."

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The panty to claim, also if you work in a corsetry

In the

on March 8 in Madrid, more panties than bras are seen hanging from the banners.

The same in the rest of the world.

They better point out the

, its strengths and also what threatens women, in a more impossible political key, from

to

.

Hence its strength as a symbol is much higher.

In this sense, it is worth recalling that occasion, in 2018, when an Irish parliamentarian,

showed her

from her

to protest the

of

for their

in cases of

Like her, many others showed her panties on social networks, and also on the streets, as a protest against an acquittal of an alleged sexual offender after her defense lawyer argued that

A protest against femicides, in Toulouse, in 2019.GETTY IMAGES

Along the same lines, but before that, in 2016 in

,

covered the mythical Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, to protest the high number of

that take place there: 420 women are raped every 72 hours.

And a similar initiative took place in

, where the association

collected and exposed the panties of thousands of women to protest the

that occur every day in the country.

For having, the panties have even had their moment of protest due to the confinement by

.

In 2020,

across France began sending

to the headquarters of Prime Minister

to

which were not considered essential in the worst times of covid.

Along with the piece of underwear, a message: "In this mail you will find an element of daily life considered non-essential by your government: a panties", signed the Action culottée collective, which brought together professionals from the sector.

So no,

are not just panties mentioned randomly in a program to make a joke and now 'interestingly' collected by the Spanish Ministry of Equality.

They are, whether they like it or not, a symbol and represent many other panties, those of many women who have to endure every day, even today and among other things,

simply because they are women.

And no, it's not funny, Pablo.

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