Breathe
By Edelmira Cárdenas
Our internal dialogue shows the mistreatment we exert in order not to connect with our sexuality. We talk about what is bad, unsatisfactory, contained and repressed, but we do not make an effort to recognize and be grateful for what we do have. For centuries it was planted in the collective consciousness that remaining in penance was part of the punishment of those who desired the joyful, the sinful, the dirty, and the vulgar. It seems that in order to access their own pleasure or pleasure it was necessary to initiate a process of exorcization of their earthly impulses or carnal desires. Silence, submission, and apathy have been the architects of the sexual life of thousands of women in our country.
It would seem as if the above had been taken from the literature of centuries ago. However, it is very difficult to get in touch with an integral sexuality if we insist on making our pains, violence and insecurities invisible. Reconciling in the sexual field has not been an easy task, leaving traces that are difficult to repair, and topics that we can hardly talk about. The vast majority of women dedicated themselves to building everyone's life, except their own.
