‘Women only’, the Controversial Erotic Show that Opened up a Space for Women’s Desire in Mexico

“Alert, housewives. Attending the show Only for women can turn them into drug addicts, prostitutes, pedophiles, kidnappers and murderers,” was read in one of the flyers that conservative groups distributed to the outskirts of the Mirage theater, in Puebla, in 1999. The aim was to prevent the controversial striptease show featuring the most famous telenovela galans of the time. This attempt of censorship—which also involved the authorities— culmi…