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FEMIGLOSSARY WITH WORDS WARNING AGAINST SEXISM

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MANSPLAINING
CRYPTOGYNY
GAS LIGHTING
FEMINISM
CATCALLING
MICROMACHISMO
PITY PLAY
STICKY FLOOR
HETEROPATRIARCHY

PART ONE

8. Rape culture

1. Androcentrism

9. Apparent duals

2. Body shaming

3. Gender gap

10. Feminazi

4. Bropropriating

11. Femicide

5. Catcalling

12. Feminism

13. IntersectionalFeminism

6. Objectification

7. Cryptogyny

14. Gas lighting

PART TWO

15. Ghosting

22. Manspreading

16. Heteropatriarchy

23. Manterrupting

17. Ice law

24. Machismo

18. Gender stereotypes

25. Micromachismo

19. Love bombing

26. Internalisedmisogyny

20. Sexist language

21. Mansplaining

27. Pity play

PART THREE

28. Sexist prejudice

31. Glass ceiling

29.Slut -shaming

32. Triangulation

30. Sticky floor

33. Hepeating

PART THREE

28. Sexist prejudice

31. Glass ceiling

29.Slut -shaming

32. Triangulation

30. Sticky floor

1.ANDROCENTRISM

The tendency to consider men as the centre or protagonist of human history and civilisation to the detriment of women, whose importance is downgraded or disregarded.

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2.BODY SHAMING

The action of criticising someone on the basis of their body shape, size or appearance for not having a body that is normative or falls within the established canons of beauty. Many women have been affected by this action.

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3.GENDER GAP

Gender inequality gaps are the distances that exist between women and men in relation to access; participation; allocation, use, control and quality of resources; services; development opportunities and benefits in all areas of life.

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4.BROPROPRIATING

Refers to the situation in which a man appropriates an idea originally proposed by a woman and takes the credit and all the merit.

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5.CATCALLING

Catcalling is a type of street violence that includes unwanted whistling; offensive comments of a lewd, sexist, homophobic or transphobic nature; persistent requests demanding a person's name, telephone number or destination after they have refused to provide such information; descriptions, comments or demands with reference to sexual acts; stalking, harassment, indecent exposure, public masturbation, groping, sexual assault and rape.

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6.OBJECTIFICATION

Interpersonal sexual objectification is the reduction of a woman to her body or parts of it. This phenomenon can be considered as a form of sexist discrimination, in which a woman is treated differently by minimising the importance of her internal attributes.

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7.CRYPTOGYNY

Cryptogyny is the recurrent phenomenon, throughout history and in most cultures, of concealment of women and female referents in different spheres of society, especially those of greater prestige. To name this practice, the poet and philologist Begonya Pozo and the philologist Carles Padilla, both professors at the University of Valencia, coined the term 'cryptogyny' and published it publicly for the first time on 5 February 2020 in an article published in a digital newspaper. On 27 November of the same year, the Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua approved its incorporation into the Valencian Normative Dictionary.

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8.RAPE CULTURE

Rape culture is a feminist concept that describes rape as a social and cultural problem that is accepted and normalised due to social attitudes about gender, sex and sexuality.

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9.APPARENT DUALS

In the Spanish language it refers to those pairs of words whose meaning changes depending on the sex they designate. In their masculine grammatical form they adopt a positive or neutral meaning; However, in their feminine grammatical form, they indicate a lower professional category (gobernante/gobernanta) or something degrading (zorro/zorra).

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10.FEMINAZI

The term feminazi is used in a pejorative sense against feminism in general or against some feminists in particular, especially those perceived as "radical", on the grounds that feminism does not seek equality between men and women. Its use was popularised in 1992 by Rush Limbaugh, an American conservative, anti-abortion radio host and political commentator. It is a journalistic invention in response to a smear campaign directed against feminism from conservative political positions.

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11.FEMICIDE

Femicide is the most extreme manifestation of abuse and violence by men against women. It occurs as a consequence of any kind of gender-based violence, such as physical assault, rape, forced childbearing or genital mutilation.

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12.FEMINISM

Feminism is a political, social, academic, economic and cultural movement, which seeks to create awareness and conditions to transform social relations, achieve equality between people, and eliminate any form of discrimination or violence against women. Therefore, it is not a feminist alternative to machismo, it is a movement that fights against it.

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13.INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM

Intersectional feminism is based on the assumption that the further a subject moves away from the "norm", defined as a white, heterosexual, middle- or upper-class woman, the more prejudice she faces. Despite this, this perspective of the feminist movement considers the experiences of all women as equal.

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14.GASLIGHTING

Gaslighting is the manipulation of a person by psychological means to question their own sanity. It is a pattern of emotional abuse in which the victim is manipulated into doubting their own perception, judgement or memory. This makes the person feel anxious, confused or even depressed. This expression has its origin in George Cukor's film Gaslight (1944), whose protagonist was subjected to this process: in this film a man manipulates his wife into believing that she is insane in order to steal her hidden fortune. He hides objects (paintings, jewellery) making his wife believe that she was responsible, even though she does not remember. He also dims the gaslight (there was no electricity) and makes her believe that the fire is still glowing as brightly as before.

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15.GHOSTING

Ghosting is a modern term that refers to the practice of abruptly cutting off all communication with a person without explanation or dismissal. The term ghosting comes from the English word ghost, which means "ghost" and refers to "disappearing like a ghost". It is applied in those cases in which you are starting a relationship and although you believe that everything is progressing correctly, suddenly one day, just like that, that person disappears. He or she vanishes. It is as if the earth had swallowed them up.

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16.HETEROPATRIARCHY

Heteropatriarchy is an age-old model of social and cultural domination, which justifies the domination role of men over women. This manifests itself in the domination of men over women in the social, labour, political and domestic spheres. Heteropatriarchy is a form of social organisation that subordinates women to men through unequal rights and opportunities.

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17.ICE LAW

What is ice law? Ice law in a couple refers to a behaviour in which one or both partners choose to ignore, avoid or emotionally reject the other. It is as if a barrier of ice was built between them, preventing communication and emotional contact. Sometimes, the victim of this kind of behaviour ignores the conflict, just because the other has not expressed it openly.

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18.GENDER STEREOTYPES

A gender stereotype is a generalised view or preconceived idea about the attributes or characteristics, or the roles that women and men possess or should possess or play. A gender stereotype is harmful when it limits the ability of women and men to develop their personal capacities, pursue their professional careers and/or make decisions about their lives. For example, the traditional view of women as caregivers means that childcare responsibilities often fall exclusively on women.

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19.LOVE BOMBING

Love bombing is a form of emotional manipulation that is characterised by excessive displays of affection, gifts and attention at the beginning of a relationship as a means of gaining control over the other person. It is a very subtle tool to manipulate someone. Through over-loving and over-affectionate attention, the person in question becomes trapped and hooked and, when the love bombing wears off, they feel that they have done everything wrong, so the person doing the love bombing can manipulate and punish with this emotional blackmail. Love bombing' is a type of manipulation in which excessive love is shown too early. Psychologists warn that it can be dangerous because the victim becomes involved in a toxic and dependent relationship.

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20.SEXIST LANGUAGE

Language not only reflects, but also transmits and reinforces the stereotypes and roles historically considered "appropriate" for women and men in a society. It is discrimination in language based on the sex of people and which benefits one sex over the other. It portrays women as inferior because of their biological differences.

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21.MANSPLAINING

Explaining without taking into account the fact that the person receiving the explanation knows more about the topic than the person explaining it. This behavior usually occurs on a regular basis by a man towards a woman.

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22.MANSPREADING

This is defined as the practice of some men of sitting with their legs open, especially on public transport and in other public spaces, and taking up more than their fair share of space.

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23.MANTERRUPTING

It is defined as the male practice of unnecessarily interrupting a woman's speech repeatedly.

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24.MACHISMO

Machismo is a form of hypermasculinity used to describe an attitude of male superiority over women with characteristics such as aggressiveness, dominance, bravery, promiscuity, virility, sexism, autonomy, strength, provider role and restraint in emotional expression.

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25.MICROMACHISMO

Micromachismos are discriminatory behaviours towards women, which, due to their everyday nature, are so naturalised and normalised in a culture that in most cases they go unnoticed by both women and men.

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26.INTERNALISED MISOGYNY

It is the involuntary internalisation by women of the sexist messages present in our society and culture. What this means is that we ourselves have misogynistic attitudes and thoughts, even though we are women. It is involuntary because this sexism, present in our culture, is taught to us through socialisation (that is, learning through social interaction) without us having any say in it. We are not born sexist: it is through observing, learning and understanding our society that we end up holding common ideas and attitudes with the rest of society, including misogynistic ones.

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27.PITY PLAY

What is Pity Play? It is an expression widely used by Americans which means "Playing the victim", which means that the abuser will distort the true story to show himself as the damaged side and thus blame the victim. With this behavious, the abuser will show himself as the victim of his victims in order to get support outside the family circle.

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28.SEXIST PREJUDICE

Sexism is an attitude based on an assumed inferiority of women as a group. This behaviour has been developed throughout history by sociological factors, to the point where women have been completely oppressed simply because they are women. First, it is necessary to differentiate between old sexism and modern sexism. Old sexism would be the traditional conception of women's role as inferior to that of men. For example, fairy tales are a source of sexist prejudice; in many fairy tales, princesses are poor, helpless women waiting to be rescued by their brave princes. Modern sexism, on the other hand, is mainly characterised by opposition to feminist demands. This attitude is based on the belief that women are no longer discriminated against, so that any feminist policy or action would be unnecessary.

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29.SLUT-SHAMING

Slut-shaming is a neologism used to describe the act of blaming people, most often women, for sexual behaviour or desires that are unorthodox or that may be considered untraditional or religious, whether or not they are real. It may also be used in reference to homosexual males, who may face disapproval for promiscuous sexual behaviour. Heterosexual men are rarely subjected to this kind of humiliation.

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30.STICKY FLOOR

It is said of the reality whereby women suffer a series of barriers that prevent them from developing in the world of work or in the public sphere. This concept was developed by Catherine White Berheide in 1992 to explain the phenomenon affecting women as opposed to the glass ceiling.

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31.GLASS CEILING

Glass ceiling is an American expression dating from the late 1970s. It refers to the "invisible barriers" to women's promotion in hierarchical structures. It constitutes an obstacle to their professional development within the company and limits their access to positions of responsibility. Women are promoted less than their male colleagues in all social categories. Moreover, they are particularly penalised before the age of 35, i.e. during the period when they are likely to have children.

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32.TRIANGULATION

Love triangulation is popularly understood as a dynamic in which a person who is in a stable love relationship (or at least it appears to be so) involves a third person in order to achieve a goal with one's partner, usually that of subjugation and manipulation. The triangulator seeks the attention, affection or validation of this third person outside the main relationship in order to regulate him/herself and/or bring about change in his/her main relationship.

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33.HEPEATING

Hepeating refers to a situation where a man repeats an idea that was previously said and suggested by a woman. The idea is then accepted by others present in the conversation as the man’s idea. He then gets the credit an attention.

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COMISSIÓ D'IGUALTAT I CONVIVÈNCIA

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