The Rural Association of Women Tiemar has shown its rejection of the image "of a stereotyped girl-woman" shown in some posters of candidates for the children's queen of the Arrecife carnival 2017 and asks that these "be supervised and withdrawn". These posters, according to regrets, "show girls loaded with makeup and with inappropriate clothing, not only for the freedom of movement that children need, but even for the cold of the month of February", so they consider that "they should be supervised and withdrawn".
"A children's carnival must stimulate the imagination and encourage the fun of children: being a flower, the moon, a robot, or a fairy, etc., but not repeating ad nauseam the stagnant stereotypes of a stale beauty contest. That is neither imagination nor fun, nor is it equality nor progress", they warn from Tiemar.
From the association they point out in a statement that "being a woman is not a disguise, and girls must be able to choose their own adult image in their own time without the weight of the influence of sexist stereotypes, still in use." They add that "these stereotypes also undeniably influence the postponement of women in society, in their objectification and in the violence of all kinds they suffer; therefore, they are neither innocent nor harmless".
"Legitimized by the laws"
From this group of women they point out that the statement is not "simply one more opinion, but is legitimized by the laws that regulate our coexistence." Thus, they indicate that "article 3 of Law 34/1988 General Advertising, which regulates illegal advertising, considers as such that which attacks the image of women associated with stereotyped behaviors that violate the foundations of our order, contributing to generate the violence referred to in Organic Law 1/2004, of December 28, on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence".
They also affirm that "article 4 of Organic Law 1/1996, of January 15, on the legal protection of minors, amending the Civil Code and the Civil Procedure Law, establishes the right of minors to honor, privacy and self-image".
