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Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-02:07

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Each March 8 has its particular history, its specific political context.

That of 2024 is an evident change in the ministerial portfolio of Equality, proof of the departure of Podemos from the Government and the recovery by the PSOE of one of the most crucial departments in social matters of the entire Council of Ministers.

Ana Redondo faces her first Women's Day as Minister of Equality with the difficult challenge of uniting the different voices that make up the feminist movement and that in recent years, for different reasons, have been distancing themselves until opening a significant gap that will once again prevent May this Friday the collective demonstrate in a united way.

On the eve of March 8,

The Panel

prepared by

Sigma Dos

for

EL MUNDO

tries to carry out an x-ray that measures how Spain arrives at Women's Day.

The results prove that society increasingly defines itself as feminist, despite the fact that there is still a lot of work ahead: nearly half of Spaniards (

47.5%

) think that our country is "fairly" feminist, one of every ten (

10.5%

) raise it to "very" feminist and one third (

30.1%

), on the contrary, lower the perception to "little" feminist.

These data, broken down by sex, demonstrate an important fracture in the perception of the situation: while

66.9% of men believe that Spain is "very" or "fairly" feminist, only

49.7%

of women believe that Spain is "very" or

"fairly" feminist.

defined with these parameters.

On the opposite side,

25%

of men describe our society as "little" or "not at all" feminist, a much lower percentage than that of women:

41.2%

.

This fracture can be seen in several of the responses collected in the survey.

Regarding self-placement,

47.7%

of men define themselves as "fairly" feminist, compared to

42.7%

of women.

The percentage changes among those who are among the "very" feminists:

14.8%

of women compared to

12.1%

of men.

In total, a third of the population says they consider themselves "little" (

21.1%

) or "not at all" (

12%

) feminist.

Furthermore, segmented by age, we can see how the youngest generations are the closest to feminism, or at least that is how they position themselves: 85.4

%

of those surveyed between 16 and 17 years old think that they are "very" or " quite" feminist.

The percentage is progressively decreasing: in the sector between 18 and 29 years old,

69.3%

declare themselves in this way;

In the range between 30 and 44 years old,

52.5%

do so , a figure similar to that detected among Spaniards aged 45 to 64 years (

56%

), and those over 65 years old (

61%

).

From these data it is also extracted that the lowest sector, which was between 30 and 44 years old, is the one that reflects the greatest location in the "little" feminist box (

26.6%

).

On the other hand, seven out of ten Spaniards (

69.1%

) prefer to define feminism as a movement that "seeks equality between men and women", above the

25.2%

who believe that "it seeks to impose women on the man".

Despite everything, one in three men (

30.2%

) and one in five women (

20.8%

) opt for this last definition.

Asked about the "positive discrimination" applied in recent years in the labor market in order to "make it easier for women to access management positions in private companies", the division of opinions is greater: 51.5%

agree

. shows in favor, and

40.3%

against.

Men, with

48.7%

compared to

33%

of women, are the ones who most reject these actions.

Finally, only half of those surveyed (

48.6%

) consider "that it is still necessary" to hold the demonstration on March 8.

On the contrary,

42.8%

believe that it should not be celebrated.

The electorate of the Popular Party (

60.9%

) and Vox (

87.5%

) is the most opposed to its celebration, which will be next Friday.

In contrast, the Sumar voter, with

93.1%

, is the one who most defends the celebration of the demonstration for Women's Day.