"Hombres necios que acusáis"
"Hombres necios que acusáis" - by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, written in 1680.
Foolish men who accuse
The woman unjustifiably
Without seeing their own glaring faults
For which they blame you:
If with unparalleled eagerness
You solicit their disdain
Why would you want their future to be
prosperous
If you incite them to evil?
You assail their firm resistance,
And then, solemnly,
Claim that diligence was reckless,
And virtue mere disgrace
You want, with foolish presumption,
To find the one you seek,
As a suitor, Thais,
And as a possession, Lucrieta.
What humor could be as sporadic
Than that, lacking insight,
Singlehandedly fogs the mirror
And not feeling clear?
With both favor and disdain,
You are on equal ground,
Complaining if they treat you poorly,
Mocking if they treat you well.
Opinionatedly, there are no winners;
For the most reserved,
If she doesn’t admits you, she is ungrateful,
If she does, she’s frivolous.
You, always foolish,
That, with an unjust scale,
You condemn one for being cruel,
And the other for being easy.
So how can one be temperate,
Whichever your love seeks,
If the one that’s ungrateful is offensive,
And the easy-going one angers?
But, amidst the anger and sorrow,
That is invoked by your pleasure,
Bless her who doesn’t love you
And speak out timely.
Bestowed upon your wings, from your lovers,
Is true freedom
And after wrecking them,
You expect them to remain intact.
Whose greater fault has been
In a misguided passion:
The one who falls when praying,
Or the one who prays on the fallen.
Or which is more at fault
Even if someone does wrong:
She who sins for pay,
Or he who pays for sinning?
So why are you afraid
Of the guilt you harbor?
Love them as you see them,
Or see them as you seek them.
Stop asking,
And then, with sufficient reason,
You’ll blame the person
Who comes to beg you.
I have funda good platform
For which to fight your arrogance
For swear and promise
You’ll unite the devil, the flesh, and the world.
To fully understand the evolution of the intertwined economies of Latin America and Spain, we have to recognize the imalablance of power, including economic, held by men. Women were unable to hold many of the jobs that would provide them with a stable enough stream of income to be fully self-sufficient, meaning they were typically reliant on the income of their husbands. This led many women in dangerous situations, unable to escape a perilous home, for they could not be fairly compensated for their labor; they were chronic victims of an unfair societal buildup and misogyny. This slowed the possible progression of many fields that could have been improved through the value of women’s contributions.
However, through this, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was still able to break through and enhance our society with her literary contributions. Her work is still highly undervalued, representing how even in our modern society, we continue to overlook the contributions of historical women, including in economic contexts.
