Manspreading  La palabra manspreading proviene del inglés y se puede traducir al español como despatarre masculino. This some men’s practice of sitting with their legs wide open, especially in public transportation and public spaces, and taking up more room than they are entitled to. With this, they invade someone else’s space and assert their control over it.  In recent years,

Manterrupting  La palabra manterrupting proviene del inglés y se puede traducir al español como machoexplicación (de la combinación de macho y explicación). This refers to the male practice of needlessly and repeatedly interrupting a woman. Photo credit:Nubefy Have any questions? MODII can help! Send your query

Micro-male-chauvinism (Micromachismos) This refers to the daily behaviours and gestures of male chauvinism that we encounter on a day-to-day basis. They may seem harmless, but they demonstrate gender inequality and strengthen it. Manspreading and mansplaining are two clear examples of micro-male-chauvinism.  As the term has become popular, many people—especially women—have been able to identify and name daily situations where they

Misogynoir  This term was coined by Moya Bailey , a US academic, to name the specific misogyny that black women face, where racism and sexism interweave. Photo credit: Drazen Zigic Have any questions? MODII can help! Send your query

Misogyny (Misoginia ) Misogyny is the maximum expression of male chauvinism. It is characterized by hate, dislike, and contempt towards women and girls. It is directly related to gender-based violence against women and femicide. Photo credit:Nubefy Have any questions? MODII can help! Send your query

Patriarchal justice (Justicia patriarcal) This is the term used by feminisms to refer to the fact that gender inequality and male chauvinism are institutionalized through the legal systems. Feminisms believe that justice is a clear example of a patriarchal society and, thus, is made by and for white, healthy, heterosexual, cisgender, middle or upper class, non-migrant men without any functional diversity.

Prison feminism (Feminismo carcelario) In Mikki Kendall’s book Hood Feminism, it is defined as the ‘reliance on policing, prosecution, and imprisonment to resolve gendered or sexual violence’. According to the author, prison feminism centres on a culture of compensation that does not prevent and, instead, ignores and justifies the atrocities of the prison system, such as torture, slavery, or rape.

Prostitution (Prostitución ) Prostitution is sex work, which consists of the exploitation by a third party that demands or imposes the conditions in which the person is forced to ‘work’. Although some collectives that defend sex work revindicate the use of the word prostitution, in general the term is sex work. The difference between the two concepts is the aspect of

Purple glasses (Gafas violetas) This metaphor is used by author Gemma Lienas in her book Carlota’s Violet Diary. It consists of looking at the world critically using a gender perspective to identify the inequalities between men and women. The phrase gained popularity in the media and among feminist collectives after the publication of the book in 2001. In the book,

Racialized people (Personas racializadas ) Society assigns certain people with a racial category that subjects them to oppressive or discriminatory treatment—especially from formal institutions—through systematic and institutionalized racism: this is what we mean by racialized people. The term looks to highlight that race is a social construction imposed by dominant groups on oppressed groups. The term has become popular in Spain

Radical feminism (Feminismo radical) Radical feminism was one of the waves of feminism that emerged in the 1960s. It is called radical because it is inspired in Marxism and proposes fighting the roots of oppression against women, not because it is an extreme feminism. It emerged as an opposition to liberal feminism, which describes women’s situation as an inequality. In

Rape culture Cultura de la violación This expression was first used in the 1970s in the US by second wave feminism to highlight the prevalence of sexual violence and its normalization in US society. Rape culture is a clear manifestation of patriarchy and misogyny, which permeates societies as the maximum justification of sexual violence. It is a set of social practices that

Sex work (Trabajo sexual) According to collectives that assert the rights of sex workers, sex work is the provision of a sexual service in exchange for money. In this understanding, all parties involved do this as a personal decision and with consent. Sex workers who voluntarily identify as such are mainly women of legal age, who have decided to work