machismo
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Machismo won't save us — and in fact, it often makes things worse.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023
Machismo, associated with traditional masculinity, emphasizes dominance and control, while marianismo idealizes women as virtuous and self-sacrificing.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023
Machismo becomes a spectacle in this absurd comedy by the Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017
“Oh yes! Machismo was not such an issue there.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2016
Machismo was a word never exactly defined by the persons who used it.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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