Cisgender Solidarity and Accountability

Sor Juana worked within networks of women who supported her intellectual life while navigating strict gender constraints together. This concept addresses solidarity among cisgender people—not as separation from others, but as internal accountability. Cisgender women can support each other in refusing limiting scripts; this strengthens all women. Cisgender men can challenge each other's reproduction of toxic masculinity; this strengthens all people. This is not about cisgender people solving everything themselves—it is about taking responsibility for the patterns within cisgender communities. Sor Juana's relationships with other women were crucial because they understood shared constraints. Today, this might mean: cisgender women supporting each other's ambitions, cisgender men interrogating masculine culture, both genders examining their complicity in each other's limitation. Solidarity includes accountability: calling in when someone reinforces limiting gender norms, celebrating when someone breaks free. This practice honors Sor Juana's legacy of intellectual courage while building communities where cisgender people support authentic living.