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Over for incelcoremaxxers and other hopeful rising and future stars of the incelcore genre hoping to break into the Mexican market, Chihuahua councillors have decided that misogynistic lyrics are literally violence and will be dealt with in such a way.
Mexican city of Chihuahua bans misogynist lyrics in live music venues
Fines of up to £55,000 could be imposed on musicians who sing songs deemed to promote violence against women
www.theguardian.com
Authorities in the north-western Mexican state of Chihuahua have banned artists from singing misogynist lyrics in live music venues.
That means the popular Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny, whose concert sold out in the country last year, and Mexico’s most streamed artist, Peso Pluma, a leader of the “narco ballad” genre, might not be welcome thanks to their bragging and misogynistic lyrics.
Councillor Patricia Ulate from the Pan party, which introduced the reform to the municipal council, said that “harsh realities” – including serious violence against women and an enduring culture of machismo – had motivated lawmakers to act last week against the promotion of gender violence.
“Chihuahua is one of the five municipalities in the state with a gender alert, declared due to high rates of structural violence against women,” said Ulate, the head of the city commission on women, families and gender equality. “Any action that contributes to eradicating these circumstances counts.”
The municipality mayor, Marco Bonilla, said financial penalties would be imposed on “whoever [sings] songs that promote violence against women”. He called such violence a “pandemic”, with seven out of every 10 calls to city police related to violence within the family. Live music which objectified and sexualised women would be considered violence, said Bonilla.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, last month affirmed the right of musicians to “sing whatever they want” but criticised artists who glorify violence and drug use. “We are not going to remain silent when they say that [ecstasy pills] are good and that they have a 50-calibre weapon, and that their idols are the most famous drug traffickers.”