Femen - Femen

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BODY, THE SENSATION THE WOMAN HAS OF HER OWN BODY, THE JOY OF ITS LIGHTNESS AND FREEDOM. THEN CAME INJUSTICE, SO HARSH THAT IT IS FELT WITH THE BODY; INJUSTICE DEPRIVES THE BODY OF ITS MOBILITY, PARALYSES ITS MOVEMENTS, AND SOON YOU ARE HOSTAGE TO THAT INJUSTICE. THEN YOU PUSH YOUR BODY INTO BATTLE AGAINST INJUSTICE, MOBILIZING EACH CELL FOR THE WAR AGAINST THE WORLD OF PATRIARCHY AND HUMILIATION. YOU SAY TO THE WORLD:

OUR GOD IS WOMAN!

OUR MISSION IS PROTEST!

OUR WEAPONS ARE BARE BREASTS!

HERE FEMEN IS BORN, AND HERE BEGINS SEXTREMISM.

Femen is an international movement of bold, topless activists whose bodies are covered with slogans and whose heads are crowned with flowers.

The activists of Femen are women who are specially trained, physically and psychologically, ready to perform humanist tasks of every degree of complexity and provocation. The activists of Femen are ready to face repression, and their motivation is exclusively ideological. Femen: the crack troops of feminism, its fighting vanguard, a modern incarnation of the Amazons, fearless and free.

We live in a world under the economic, cultural and ideological occupation of men. In this world, woman is a slave deprived of any right to ownership and, in particular, any right of ownership over her own body. All the functions of the female body are subjected to strict control and regulation by patriarchy.

A womans body has become separated from her, becoming the object of monstrous patriarchal exploitation. Total control over the female body is the main instrument of womans oppression. Conversely, a female sexual tactic is the key to her liberation. Womans proclamation of her rights over her own body is the first and most important step towards her liberation. Female nudity, liberated from the patriarchal system, undermines that system. It is the manifesto of struggle and the sacred symbol of female liberation.

Femens naked-bodied attacks lie at the heart of the historical conflict between woman and the system, and they are its most obvious and appropriate illustration. The naked body of an activist expresses unconcealed hatred for the patriarchal order and the new aesthetic of the feminine revolution.

Total victory over patriarchy.

The total eradication of prostitution, the most brutal form of womens exploitation, by criminalizing the clients, investors and organizers of this slave trade. The absolute and universal separation of Church and state, with a ban on any interference on the part of religious institutions in the civil, sexual and reproductive lives of modern women.

Sextremism is the main new form of feminist activism developed by Femen.

Sextremism is female sexuality that has risen up against patriarchy by embodying itself in extreme political acts of direct action. The sexist style of these actions is a way of destroying the patriarchal idea of the predestination of female sexuality, in favour of its great revolutionary mission. The extreme nature of sextremism is a manifestation of the superiority of Femen activists over the vicious dogs of patriarchy. The form of unauthorized sextremist actions expresses womans historical right to protest in any place and at any time, without coordinating her actions with the patriarchal structures that maintain order.

Sextremism is a non-violent but highly aggressive form of activism; it is a super-powerful, demoralizing weapon that undermines the foundations of a corrupt patriarchal culture.

The crown of flowers is a symbol of femininity and proud disobedience. It is the crown of heroism.

The body-as-poster is a truth expressed by the body with the help of nudity and the signs drawn upon it.

The Femen logo is the Cyrillic letter (F), which mimics the shape of the female breasts, the main symbol of the womens movement Femen.

Femens motto: my body is my weapon!

The international movement Femen carries out activities on the territory of democratic countries and reserves the right to act on the territories controlled by dictatorial regimes. Femen is registered as an international organization, and is currently establishing national Femen groups throughout the world. It seeks to expand the geography of its activity by attracting new activists. The preparation of sextremists is carried out in several training centres such as in France. The movement is led by a coordinating council which includes the founding members of the movement and its most experienced activists.