Rodrigo F. Chois, creator of Ladies Night, shares in a column how the real barrier to women's freedom often comes not from men, but from judgments among women themselves. A decade ago, he envisioned an exclusive space for female fun without external pressures. Yet, he uncovered a subtle machismo that reproduces internally among them.
In his column published on December 23, 2025, in Occidente.co, Rodrigo F. Chois recounts the origins of Ladies Night, a venture that emerged a decade ago to provide an exclusive space for women's fun and freedom. "The idea was never to provoke or scandalize, but something simpler and, at the same time, more complex: to show that a woman can have fun freely without harming anyone, starting with herself," writes Chois.
Initially, the author expected male machismo to be the main threat, with men judging and controlling. But experience led him to a different conclusion: "many times the macho judgments do not come from men, but from other women." He describes this as a subtle machismo, shown in evaluating glances, corrective comments, and constant comparisons, forming an "invisible tribunal" where women judge each other.
Chois argues that true empowerment begins by deactivating this internal tribunal, not confronting men. "Perhaps female freedom begins the day they stop being their own jailers; when they understand that one woman's enjoyment takes nothing from the other," he states. He compares Ladies Night to everyday gestures of liberation, akin to how the birth control pill in the 1960s allowed body control, and stresses that today we learn freedom includes enjoying without judgment.
Though he does not equate his initiative with historical revolutions, Chois sees in it a step toward female autonomy, where women do not apologize for their enjoyment.
