Madrid, España
A finales del siglo XIX y en las primeras décadas de la centuria siguiente, los sectores anticlericales en España desplegaron un doble discurso sobre los hombres católicos, en especial los eclesiásticos. Les presentaron como personas afeminadas, mansas, cobardes y sumisas y, a la vez, como peligrosas sexualmente (solo en el caso de los eclesiásticos), irracionales y agresivas. A pesar de la apariencia, ambas caracterizaciones no solo no eran contradictorias, sino que eran complementarias. Respondían al objetivo de desvalorizar la figura del hombre católico y de la masculinidad católica y, a la vez, de alertar de sus peligros. La principal preocupación que tenían los sectores anticlericales era que los curas controlasen la voluntad de las mujeres de su familia, pues entendían que, si eso ocurría, lo que estaban haciendo en realidad era poner coto a su autoridad como cabezas de familia.
At the end of the 19th century and in the first decades of the 20th century, the Spanish anticlerical sectors developed a double discourse on Catholic men, especially ecclesiastical ones. Catholic men were presented as effeminates, meek, cowards and submissive. At the same time, were defined as sexually dangerous (only the priests, not the pious men), irrationals, and aggressive. Both characterizations were not contradictory. In fact, were complementary. This strategy had the main goal of devaluing the figure of the Catholic man and Catholic masculinity. Besides, it was aimed to warn about the dangers of the ecclesiastical men. The Spanish anticlerical sectors were concern about the priests could control the will of the women of their family. They thought that, if that happened, the priest would be limiting the authority of men as heads of the family.
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