Mexican city bans misogynistic lyrics from live venues with threat of hefty fine

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reported Mexico News Daily. “Today, another of these harsh realities has motivated reform,” said Patricia Ulate, the Chihuahua city councilwoman who promoted the bill. “Chihuahua is one of the five municipalities in the state with a Gender Alert, declared due to high rates of structural violence against women.

Any action that contributes to eradicating these circumstances counts.”According to the bill, any artist found spouting misogynistic lyrics will be fined $71,133 (1.2 million pesos), with the funds then being donated to domestic violence shelters and women’s programs. “The reality is that we have a gender violence problem that cannot be unseen,” said Women’s advocate Veronica Corchado said to The Guardian. “Women have to] be part of political decision-making on an everyday basis so women can have better opportunities, a voice, an opinion about political aspects on everyday issues.”Ulate has insisted that the ban “is not aimed at a particular genre” but will apply to any material — including video — that denigrates women in any musical style or format.

Those most likely to be affected by the ban are performers of the reggaetón and corridos tumbados genres. Many performers of these styles of music, such as Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny and Mexico’s most streamed star, Peso Pluma, might no longer be welcome in the city as both men feature questionable themes in their songs.The municipality’s Mayor Marco Bonilla affirmed his stance on the ban, saying in a video that there is a “pandemic” of domestic violence adding that live music that objectified and sexualized women would be considered violence.Chihuahua state congressman, Francisco Sánchez slammed the reform calling it “useless and retrograde.”“It threatens freedom.