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Updated Monday, February 12, 2024-21:34
Television RTVE's Equality delegate resigns after Zorra's election for Eurovision: "It is neither empowerment for women, nor feminism"
Benidorm Fest There will be no 'eurodrama': Eurovision considers Zorra "fit" to represent Spain
There are just over three months left until
Nebulossa
's
Zorra
takes the
Eurovision
stage in Malmö and it seems that the controversy around the song is not going to stop until then and will probably continue even after. Although it was not one of the favorite songs to win the
Benidorm Fest 2024
, in the grand final held on February 4,
Zorra
achieved what had never happened before at the festival: a tie with
st. Pedro
and his bolero in the jury votes and
sweep the demoscopic vote and televoting
. In fact, it was the vote of the viewers that proclaimed
Zorra
the winner .
After his victory, the tsunami became unstoppable. Voices against it arose, complaints, debates, resignations; Voices in favor emerged, such as that of the President of the Government himself, Pedro Sánchez, and many others who described
Zorra
as a new anthem of female empowerment, a song that defends feminism and shows "that times have changed." Beyond the debate, which is still
on everyone's lips two weeks after the
Benidorm Fest final,
Zorra
has achieved what it was probably looking for: becoming one of the most listened to and downloaded songs.
Television
Music.
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And, although there seem to be more voices in favor of the song than those against, according to a survey by
Sigma Dos
for EL MUNDO, more than half of the women surveyed consider that
Zorra
does not empower women nor does it defend feminism. . According to the survey,
62.1% of women believe that Nebulossa's song does not empower women
. Of that 62.1%, it is surprising that
49.6% are women between 16 and 17 years old
, while 44.5% are between 18 and 29, 61.7% are between 30 and 44 years old,
63 .8%, between 45 and 64 years old
, and more than 64%, over 65 years old.
In the case of men,
59.1% of those surveyed also do not consider
Zorra
to be a song that empowers women
. So in total more than 60% of Spaniards are clear that
Zorra
is not an anthem of female empowerment. Furthermore, it is significant that of all those surveyed, according to what they voted in the last elections, more than half of the voters of the
PP
(78.8%),
PSOE
(50.2%) or
Vox
(76.9%) also do not believe that empowers women, and only
Sumar
voters (51.9%) believe that it does. Of the rest of the voters of other parties, 57.8% of those surveyed also believe that
Zorra
does not defend feminism.
Last Friday afternoon, the former RTVE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion delegate,
Montserrat Boix
, announced through her social networks her resignation as she was unable to assume "this position", since, in her opinion, , her position, created after the controversy over
Chanel
's
SloMo
, was not supported by a song like
Zorra
, since Nebulossa's song
"is neither empowerment for women, nor feminism
. "
Her resignation spread like wildfire and, just like what happened with the song itself, Boix's resignation also brought with it controversy, because, according to several media outlets, the former delegate only wanted to make noise, since she had closed her business a long time ago. imminent retirement. Even so, Boix's resignation, the statements of several public figures against it and in favor of it, and Sánchez's words stating that "the
fachosphere
would have liked to take
El cara al sol to
Eurovision
, increased the controversy even more.
62.5% do not believe that
Zorra
defends feminism
According to the Sigma Dos survey,
Zorra
not only does not empower women, but also, according to 62.5% of those surveyed,
it is not a song that defends feminism
. Again, it is between 45 and 64 years old and 65 years old and older where the most rejection is shown for
Zorra
: 60.2% and 67.2%, respectively, believe that the song that will represent Spain in
Eurovision
does not defend in no case feminism.
In total, of all those surveyed, both men and women between 16 and over 65 years old,
59.3% believe that it is not a song that defends feminism
, very much in line with the previous question about
Zorra
's empowerment. . And as with the previous question, PP and Vox voters are the ones who reject it being considered a feminist song, 75.5% and 82.3%, respectively. Meanwhile, in the case of PSOE voters,
48.5% do not believe that they defend feminism, compared to 38.8% who do believe that they do
. Once again, it is Sumar's voters, 56.3%, who do consider it a feminist anthem. Of the rest of the voters from other parties, 56.2% of those surveyed also believe that
Zorra
does not defend feminism.
The survey, carried out by telephone with 1,866 people aged 16 and over residing in Spain, also collects the opinion of those surveyed on whether they agree with
Zorra
representing Spain in
Eurovision
. The responses follow the same line as the previous two:
56.9% of women do not agree with
Zorra
representing Spain
in Eurovision compared to 48.8% of men. In total, 52.9% of those surveyed do not believe that
Zorra
is the song that should go to
Eurovision
, while 34.9% believe so, and 12.2% do not know or do not answer.
The survey data show that the choice of the song
Zorra
has awakened a wave of reactions from a sector of feminism that denounces the machismo and misogyny that this nickname represents. While another side supports it and considers it a feminist anthem. This Monday, in fact,
women's associations and groups of the Madrid Feminist Movement
(MFM) have collected more than 1,500 signatures to request the withdrawal of the song as a representative in Eurovision, since in their opinion,
"it undoubtedly represents a sexist insult and "It is a trivialization of violence against women
. "
The truth is that the management of RTVE and, again, also the Government have shown their full support for
Zorra
. With only two television galas, a three-minute song and immense audacity, the singer
María
Mery
Bas
, 55, and her husband, the producer
Mark Dasousa
, 47, achieved victory at the
Benidorm Fest
and undertook the difficult task of transform an insult into a fashionable expression. "To be honest, I wasn't sure how people would react to this song. I didn't know if it would work. But now I know that we changed the word
slut
and everyone uses it freely. People have a tendency to say, 'I love it.' I feel like a superhero' when he feels good, but today we hope that people change the saying and say:
'I feel like a slut, a super slut,'"
Mey Bas told this newspaper after her victory.
After the
European Broadcasting Union
(EBU), responsible for
Eurovision
, ruled in favor of
Zorra , it seems that the story of
Zorra
has only begun to be written
in Spain and in
Eurovision
.