Challenging gender normativity: post-porn performance in Mexico:

Abstract

Traditional feminist movements emerged in response to the restriction of rights and freedoms imposed on women by predefined roles in a society historically dominated by men, relegating them to the functions of mother, wife, and housekeeper. From the 1960s onwards, feminist art emerges as a political expression that questions patriarchal impositions, expanding its scope to represent marginalized identities, including racialized women, lesbians, gays, and transgender individuals. Influenced by Judith Butler’s theories, this strategy challenges the binary conception of gender and emphasizes its political dimension, transforming identity politics and directing feminism towards the analysis of the construction and meaning of gender roles in art and society, in opposition to the objectification of women. In Latin America, especially in Mexico, women have faced clear historical subordination, exacerbated by factors of race, gender, and class. Confronted with these challenges, Mexico becomes fertile ground for the adoption of post-pornographic positions, which defend diversity and reject traditional stereotypes, representing a break with bodily limitations and a celebration of sexual, ideological, and bodily multiplicity.