Podcast Summary: La CAÍDA del FEMINISMO y el AUGE de la DELINCUENCIA en España

Podcast: CANCELLED ❌
Host: Samuel Vázquez (Wall Street Wolverine)
Guests: Rocío Monasterio, Isabel Díaz Ayuso
Date: September 7, 2025
Theme: A critical discussion on the current state of feminism in Spain, the rise of crime (especially linked to immigration), and the overlapping issues of identity politics, gender laws, immigration policy, housing, and abortion.

1. Overview

This episode brings together Rocío Monasterio and Isabel Díaz Ayuso for a polemical, in-depth discussion of how, from their perspective, feminism in Spain has lost its original emancipative edge and become entangled in ideological battles, bureaucracy, and ineffectiveness—especially as related to crime and immigration. The conversation navigates topics ranging from gender-based violence laws, media narratives, the political instrumentalization of feminism, state spending, housing, "mena" (unaccompanied minor foreigner) centers, and the law and ethics around abortion.

2. State of Feminism in Spain

Feminism: From Bull Market to Bear Market

• The host opens by suggesting feminism is in a "bear market," ending a period of expansion and influence ([00:30], [02:20]).
• Rocío Monasterio argues that, while the feminist movement’s prominence might be receding, what remains unwavering is an ever-inflating public budget for gender policies and feminist administrations. She suggests these funds feed bureaucratic and partisan networks rather than serve real women’s interests ([00:36], [02:49]):

  "Sólo quieren seguir engordando sus redes clientelares y utilizarnos como arma arrojadiza." ([02:49])

Instrumentalization and Clientelism

• Both guests repeatedly claim feminist policies are more about expanding government jobs and subsidies than real equality, mentioning symbolic initiatives ("pamphlets, purple benches") ([01:19], [20:49]).
• They critique political appointments (e.g., Minister Ana Redondo), suggesting moves are made to "lower the tone" and avoid controversy ([02:27], [02:36]).

Notable Quote

• Monasterio:

  "Las mujeres viven peor que hace cinco años. Yo tengo más miedo cuando camino por las calles y a determinadas horas es una barbaridad." ([37:21])

3. Feminism, Media, and Voting Patterns

Left-wing Dominance and Media Narratives

• The panel agrees that media campaigns have been successful in associating left-wing parties with the defense of women, and in portraying parties like Vox as "machista" ([00:47], [05:49], [08:32]).
• Ayuso:

  "Han hecho un monopolio del feminismo... tienes que comprar ese feminismo en pack. Si te opones eres anti-mujeres." ([05:49])

Selective Empathy and Partisan Violence

• Both guests describe a double standard where women politicians on the right are denied solidarity or "sorority"—even when attacked ([05:27], [05:49]):

  "Las mujeres de Vox estamos muy perseguidas en ese sentido... no puedes ser mujer si eres de Vox." ([05:49] - Ayuso)

4. Critique of Gender Violence Law

Effectiveness and Unintended Consequences

• Both describe Spain’s Law on Gender Violence as a policy failure, not reducing violence but growing bureaucracy, and even damaging presumption of innocence and equality before the law ([01:01], [08:56], [13:21]):
  • "Las víctimas tristemente siguen aumentando cada año y lo único que ha servido esta ley es para seguir engordando las redes clientelares..." ([08:56] - Monasterio)
• They link the increase in accused aggressors who are foreigners to failures in immigration and "imported" cultures ([01:09], [13:21], [17:28]).

Presumption of Innocence

• As a lawyer, Monasterio explains the stigma and administrative consequences for men accused under the current law—even if not convicted ([29:02]).

Denuncias Falsas (False Reports)

• The guests argue statistics on false reports are misleading, with many "archived" cases never classified as false for technical reasons, while even a few such cases stigmatize families ([31:24], [33:21]):
  • "El 0,01 [por ciento de denuncias falsas] es un timo..." ([33:21] - Ayuso)

Memorable Exchange

• Ayuso:

  "Eres presunto criminal por el hecho de ser hombre. Hay juzgados solo para hombres en España." ([27:02])

5. Immigration and Crime

Linking Immigration to Crime and Insecurity

• A central argument: rising crime rates, especially crimes against women, are tied to increases in immigration, particularly from Muslim-majority countries ([01:09], [17:28]).
• Ayuso cites crime statistics and the alleged government/media effort to conceal the origin of aggressors:

  "En 2022, de las 49 víctimas mortales, la mitad eran extranjeros." ([01:09])

Policy and Practical Concerns on "Menas"

• Discussion moves to the logistics and economics of "mena" (unaccompanied minor) centers—suggesting that the system incentivizes abuse (fake reports for residency), delivers lavish welfare, and breeds neighborhood insecurity ([39:39], [49:29]):

  "¿Cómo puede ser que la Comunidad de Madrid esté pagando 7.000 euros por cada plaza de Mena?" ([49:32] - Monasterio)

Accusations of Systemic Neglect and Cover-ups

• Multiple references are made to high-profile sexual assault cases allegedly concealed by authorities to avoid public alarm ([40:07], [41:44]).
• Concerns that elites and politicians aren't affected because facilities are kept away from their neighborhoods, but problems will eventually reach everyone ([42:29], [44:15]).

Notable Quotes

• Monasterio:

  "Yo quiero ponerme una minifalda si me da la gana, no quiero ser señalada o perseguida por una banda de agresores." ([34:46])

• Ayuso:

  "Estamos normalizando la violencia y la inseguridad en las calles." ([43:32])

6. Housing and Social Policy

Housing Crisis and Political Inaction

• Critique of the lack of affordable housing in Madrid, blaming both local politics and national policies for bureaucratic inertia, high taxes, and failure to deliver public or social housing ([51:55]):

  "Dijo Ayuso que iba a ser la legislatura de la vivienda, pero yo viviendas he visto muy pocas." ([53:36] - Monasterio)

Occupancy (Okupación) Issues

• Anger at legal protections for squatters and tenants who default, arguing that small landlords are especially hurt and that only Vox defends private property ([55:03]):

  "El único partido político que hoy defiende la propiedad privada en España es Vox." ([55:03] - Monasterio)

7. Trans Law and the Definition of "Woman"

Trans Law ("Ley Trans") as Climax of Feminist Contradictions

• The new "Ley Trans" (allowing legal gender change) is criticized as erasing women, being ideologically incoherent, and serving pharmaceutical interests by creating lifelong medical "clients" ([57:57], [59:59]):

  "Al final no lo revienta Irene Montero con su ley trans, sino que quizás lo cristaliza. Porque cristaliza esa contradicción del feminismo..." ([57:57] - Ayuso)

Medicalization and Profiteering

• Hormone treatments for minors are depicted as a new business for Big Pharma, with minimal real medical oversight ([61:36]):

  "Son los grandes beneficiarios de que se recete con la facilidad de un ibuprofeno, una hormonación infantil." ([61:36] - Ayuso)

8. Abortion and Motherhood

Abortion: Tragedy or Right?

• Both guests take a staunchly pro-life position, critiquing the focus of public funding and policy on abortion access over support for motherhood ([62:58]):

  "Cada 10 euros que se dedican al embarazo, 9 euros se dedican al aborto y uno a la mujer embarazada..." ([62:58] - Ayuso)

On "Exceptions"

• Debate on exceptions to abortion (rape, risk-to-life). Ayuso and Monasterio argue that state support should focus on making motherhood possible, questioning the ethics of abortion even in tragic scenarios ([65:45]):

  "Yo defiendo la vida desde su concepción hasta su muerte natural... Las administraciones públicas tienen que velar para que haya los menos abortos posibles." ([66:17] - Monasterio) "No es un debate de excepciones, sino de generalidades. Se le ha arrebatado a la mujer la libertad para ser madre." ([70:15] - Ayuso)

Motherhood Stigmatized

• Reclaiming motherhood as “powerful” and "the most beautiful thing," lamenting that society stigmatizes or penalizes maternity, especially professionally ([71:47]):

  "Yo siendo madre he llegado a donde he querido siempre... para mí, lo más bonito..." ([71:47] - Monasterio)

9. Final Messages

Call to Defend Liberty and Common Sense

• Both guests close with appeals to defend women’s liberty, challenge dominant "feminist" narratives, reintegrate real-world women's issues into politics, and recognize the risk to civilization in forsaking these basic debates ([73:36]):

  "Defender la libertad de las mujeres... que no nos creamos los relatos feministas... y que las mujeres seamos libres de decidir si queremos ser madres o no." ([73:36] - Monasterio) "Es un momento de civilización probablemente único... tenemos que afrontarla dándolo todo... efectivamente puede morir todo lo que conocemos." ([74:18] - Ayuso)

10. Timestamps: Key Segments

• [00:30] — Opening salvo: State and history of feminism in Spain
• [01:09], [13:21], [17:28] — Immigration, crime statistics, and gender violence law
• [05:49] — Experience of non-left women in politics, media narratives
• [08:56], [29:02] — Gender violence law, presumption of innocence, systemic impacts
• [20:49], [37:21] — Budget critique, daily reality for ordinary women
• [39:39], [49:29] — “Mena” centers, administrative incentives, and exposure of abuse
• [51:55], [55:03] — Housing, property protection, and judicial obstacles for landlords
• [57:57], [59:59] — “Ley Trans” and definition of woman, biological vs. ideological debate
• [62:58], [65:45], [70:15] — Abortion: funding, exceptions, and the valorization of maternity
• [73:36], [74:18] — Final appeals for liberty and a return to common sense

11. Memorable Quotes

• Rocío Monasterio:

  "Las mujeres viven peor que hace cinco años. Yo tengo más miedo cuando camino por las calles y a determinadas horas es una barbaridad." ([37:21])

• Isabel Díaz Ayuso:

  "Es un momento de civilización probablemente único... tenemos que afrontarla dándolo todo, porque si no tenemos éxito, efectivamente puede morir todo lo que conocemos." ([74:18])

• Ayuso on abortion and motherhood:

  "Yo como mujer no conozco nada más poderoso que ser madre, no conozco nada más poderoso que un parto. Y es algo que el feminismo le ha arrebatado a las mujeres." ([62:98])

Tone:
Passionate, combative, deeply critical of progressive politics, and openly partisan. Both guests blend policy critique with personal anecdotes, aiming to connect with listeners skeptical of mainstream feminist or leftist narratives.

This summary captures all major discussion points, with clear segment indicators and original wording preserved for key arguments and quotes. Full dialogue flow and debate nuances have been respected to provide the full scope for listeners who did not hear the episode themselves.