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In the wake of professor Christine Blasey Ford’s account of how Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her in high school, his supporters went out of their way to discredit her credibility from before they even heard her speak. Even though evidence shows that Judge Kavanaugh lied repeatedly under oath, every Republican (with the notable exception of Sen. Lisa Murkowski) plus Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin have decided to blindly and stubbornly stand by their man.
There’s a word for that in Spanish: It’s called machismo.
Machismo is more than just sexism, chauvinism or even misogyny; it’s the belief that men are superior to women. It also refers to the culture that enforces that belief, one which protects male domination and social standing through subjugation, stereotypes and a gentlemen’s agreement to have one another’s backs.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kavanaugh-machismo-sexism_us_5bb7e27de4b01470d0517c11
There’s a word for that in Spanish: It’s called machismo.
Machismo is more than just sexism, chauvinism or even misogyny; it’s the belief that men are superior to women. It also refers to the culture that enforces that belief, one which protects male domination and social standing through subjugation, stereotypes and a gentlemen’s agreement to have one another’s backs.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kavanaugh-machismo-sexism_us_5bb7e27de4b01470d0517c11