{"id":13388,"date":"2022-12-15T17:20:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=13388"},"modified":"2022-12-15T17:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:20:57","slug":"la-mujer-nueva-la-lucha-por-los-derechos-de-las-mujeres-durante-el-franquismo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/la-mujer-nueva-la-lucha-por-los-derechos-de-las-mujeres-durante-el-franquismo\/","title":{"rendered":"La mujer nueva: La lucha por los derechos de las mujeres durante el franquismo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2022\/12\/mujernuevablog-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2022\/12\/mujernuevablog-1.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2022\/12\/mujernuevablog-1-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>En su famosa novela, <em>La mujer nueva<\/em>, Carmen Laforet ofrece una profunda mirada sobre las desigualdad que soportaban las mujeres durante el r\u00e9gimen franquista. Las actitudes &nbsp;arraigadas en torno a roles muy tradicionales e inmovilistas, &nbsp;las condenaban a una inferior posici\u00f3n social. A trav\u00e9s de la lucha de nuestra protagonista para forjarse una vida diferente y transcender los tradicionales roles de g\u00e9nero, vemos c\u00f3mo las mujeres se ve\u00edan obligadas a dedicarse completamente a sus obligaciones como madres y esposas. En la sociedad franquista, el papel de las mujeres se ce\u00f1\u00eda principalmente en atender las necesidades del marido y &nbsp;fomentar la pr\u00e1ctica de la fe cat\u00f3lica dentro del hogar mediante su adherencia a los valores como la humildad, as\u00ed como su obligaci\u00f3n de ense\u00f1ar a los ni\u00f1os sobre la importancia del catolicismo como parte de su identidad. En cuanto al contexto hist\u00f3rico, la lucha de la protagonista refleja el cambio de actitudes por parte de ciertas mujeres en torno a su posici\u00f3n social, siendo esta la consecuencia de su necesidad de asumir nuevos papeles fuera del hogar como trabajadores y ciudadanas con una mayor conciencia de la importancia de luchar por sus derechos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>La mujer nueva<\/em> gira en torno a la historia de Paulina, una mujer de mediana edad, que trata de &nbsp;construirse una vida m\u00e1s independiente tras haberse separado de su marido. A un nivel general, lo m\u00e1s intersante de la novela es el completo rechazo por parte de Paulina de los roles prescritos y su indiferencia frente a&nbsp; actitud de los dem\u00e1s hacia su transgresi\u00f3n de las normales sociales a las que estaba sujeta como mujer. A lo largo de la novela, Paulina muestra su fuerte oposici\u00f3n a los dictados de la sociedad franquista a trav\u00e9s de su negaci\u00f3n a centrarse solamente en sus obligaciones como madre y de conceder igual importancia a la b\u00fasqueda de una nueva pareja. De este modo, nos resulta muy llamativa la decisi\u00f3n de la protagonista de rebelarse totalmente contra los roles tradicionales de g\u00e9nero y su deseo de asumir nuevas responsabilidades como trabajadora para poder obetener &nbsp;independencia y cumplir sus deseos como mujer y ser humano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tal y como han destacado muchos cr\u00edticos, esta novela sigue captando la atenci\u00f3n de los lectores contempor\u00e1neos por la actitud de la protagonista hacia la maternidad en un contexto social que presionaba a las mujeres para cumplir sus obligaciones como madres de una manera muy comprometida. Bajo el r\u00e9gimen franquista, las ni\u00f1as aprend\u00edan desde una edad muy temprana sobre c\u00f3mo ser buen madre y c\u00f3mo &nbsp;entender la maternidad como una funci\u00f3n social que ayudar\u00eda a conservar el car\u00e1cter cat\u00f3lico y a constuir una sociedad m\u00e1s estable y generosa. Mientras que Paulina reconoce el valor de la maternidad y su responsabilidad de esforzarse al m\u00e1ximo para cuidar a su hijo, se\u00f1ala su deseo de independizarse y no vivir siempre pendiente de las neceisdades del ni\u00f1o sin tener la oportunidad de nutrir sus intereses o entablar relaciones con los dem\u00e1s. Con este retrato de la rebellion de la protagonista frente a las expectativas sociales, Laforet saca &nbsp;a&nbsp; la luz la incapacidad de una mujer de sentirse totalmente satisfecha cumpliendo \u00fanicamente las funciones de madre y esposa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En su conjunto, <em>La mujer nueva <\/em>retrata una imagen fascinante del deseo de las mujeres de encarnar nuevos papeles y ganarse su propia independencia en vez de verse condenadas a atender a las necesidades de su marido e \u00a0hijos dentro del hogar. En el contexto de la literatura femenina de los cincuenta, Laforet nos proporciona una perspectiva muy cr\u00edtica de la presi\u00f3n a la que estaban sujetas las mujeres para conformarse con las expectativas sociales y convertirse en la \u2018perfecta casada\u2019. De esta manera, esta novela sirvi\u00f3 para concienciar a una nueva generaci\u00f3n de escritoras espa\u00f1olas sobre la necesidad de entender la situaci\u00f3n dif\u00edcil que viv\u00edan las mujeres y fomentar una lucha colectiva por sus derechos a trav\u00e9s de la literatura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texto de Philip McGuinness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0071a1\">In her famous novel, <em>La mujer nueva<\/em>, Carmen Laforet offers a telling insight into the inequalities endured by women under Francoism owing to deep-rooted attitudes surrounding their traditional roles that condemned them to a lower social position. As we see through the struggle of our protagonist, Paulina, to forge a new life for herself and transcend traditional gender roles, women were obliged to dedicate themselves fully to their roles as mothers and wives. In Francoist society, a woman\u2019s role consisted in attending to the needs of their husbands and to encourage the practice of Catholicism through their adherence to values such as humility as well as their teaching of the children as regards the importance of their Catholic faith to their overall identity. Regarding the historical context, our protagonist\u2019s struggle reflects the changing attitudes on the part of some women under Francoism as regards their lower social position arising from their need to undertake new roles as workers outside of the home due to economic necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0071a1\"><em>La mujer nueva <\/em>centres on the story of Paulina, a middle-aged woman, who is trying to build a more independent life for herself after separating from her husband. On a general level, the most interesting aspect of this novel is its portrayal of Paulina\u2019s complete rejection of prescribed gender roles and her indifference to the attitudes of others regarding her own breaking of these social codes to which she was subject. Throughout the entire novel, Paulina demonstrates her strong objection to the dicta of Francoist society surrounding gender through her refusal to focus solely and absolutely on her obligations as a mother and affording equal time to her search for a new partner. To this end, this novel is honestly shocking for the protagonist\u2019s decision to rebel totally against established gender roles and to assume new responsibilities as a worker in trying to fulfill her desires as a woman and human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0071a1\">As many critics have pointed out, this novel continues to attract the attention of contemporary readers because of Paulina\u2019s attitude towards motherhood in the context of the pressure to which women were subjected under Francoism to be mothers and to fulfill the obligations of this role committedly. Under the Francoist regime, girls learned from a very early age about how to be a good mother and how they ought to see motherhood as a social function which would help to reinforce the Catholic nature of the Francoist state whilst also serving to build a more stable and generous society. Whilst Pauline recognises the value of motherhood and her responsibility to try her utmost to care for her son, she signals her desire to become independent and not constantly attending to her child without the opportunity to pursue her interests or establish other relationships. With this insight into the refusal of one woman to submit to herself to the pressure to confirm to social expectations, Laforet shines an important light on the inability of this woman to feel completely fulfilled whilst only carrying out her duties as a mother and wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0071a1\">On the whole, <em>La mujer nueva <\/em>offers a fascinating image of the desire of women to carry out new roles and gain their own independence instead of being condemned forever to attend to the needs of the husbands and children within the home. In the context of Spanish women\u2019s writing of the 1950s, Laforet provides a cutting critique of the pressure to which women were subjected in conforming to social expectations and to become the \u2018perfect wife\u2019. In this way, this novel served to make a new generation of Spanish women aware of the difficult situation endured by Spanish women and the need to fight collectively for the wider consolidation of women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Text by Philip McGuinness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En su famosa novela, La mujer nueva, Carmen Laforet ofrece una profunda mirada sobre las desigualdad que soportaban las mujeres durante el r\u00e9gimen franquista. Las actitudes &nbsp;arraigadas en torno a roles muy tradicionales e inmovilistas, &nbsp;las condenaban a una inferior posici\u00f3n social. 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