Women and feminism

Process of constantly acquiring information and training in attitudes, beliefs and values about sexuality, including effective communication skills and responsible decision-making.

Movement for people to feel proud of their bodies, escaping the complexes promoted by the patriarchy, racism or the fashion industry and the aesthetics.

Term that goes beyond work-life balance and confronts the stereotype that domestic and caring tasks are “for women”. Being co-responsible implies sharing the responsibility for looking after and raising a family and having the same rights and duties regardless of gender.

Bullying or harassment through online platforms in cyberspace. It includes digital attacks such as defamation, control, hacking profiles, stealing passwords or revenge pornography, among others.

Unfavourable situation a person is put in on the grounds of their sex.

Increased participation of women in decision-making process and access to power. It is also the process of becoming aware of the individual and collective power of women.

Nucleus of people united by blood or by ties of affection. In western society, the number of families with parental figures of the same sex is increasing, as well as children that identify themselves as LGBTI at primary school age, breaking the heteronormative nuclear family model. That should be reflected in school content and materials.

Pejorative term for the ideology that allegedly claims the superiority of women over men.

Insult used to refer to people who defend feminism.

A marriage that lacks the valid consent of at least one of its parties, through the intervention of third parties from the family environment (often the parents), who give themselves the power to make decisions and put pressure on the parties to bring about their marriage, thereby violating the requirements for the institution of marriage which, according to our legislation, cannot exist without consent or be entered into under conditions, terms or fads. Consent is considered to be null and void where it is not given freely and voluntarily. Such marriages are often for the purposes of carrying out other types of exploitation.

Sociocultural construct of social, cultural, political, psychological, legal and economic features that society assigns to people in isolation, as characteristic of what it is to be a man or a woman.

Form and way of expressing oneself, tastes and behaviour thatis expected from a particular gender and which is imposed. There is male gender expression, female gender expression and, for androgynous people gender expression is a mixture, which may vary, of the two.

Gender stereotypes condition us from childhood to fit behavioural patterns associated with the gender people perceive us to be.

Violence that is used against women as a manifestation of discrimination and inequality within a system of power relations of men over womenand which results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering, in public or private.

Concentration of women or men in specific degrees or levels of responsibility, jobs or academic and training options. Gender plays a greater part in the decision than free personal choice.

Situation where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice puts individuals of one sex at a disadvantage to individuals of another sex. For example, where the following is permitted.

Analytical and political perspective that an understanding and response to how gender crosses over with other areas of inequality and how these crossovers contribute to unique experiences of oppression and privilege.

Measures of control, domination and patriarchal subjugation that act symbolically and psychologically, and exercise violence against the people dominated.

Action performed by a man when sitting down in public, opening his legs wide and taking up the space of more than one person. It shows a tendency to enlarge the male space and diminish the female space.

Hatred or contempt towards men.

Social and political system in which men and women participate equally in all decision-making and in all spheres of society, decision-making bodies and government.

Differences in salaries between men and women. Technically it is defined as the average difference (basic salary plus bonuses) between employed women and men.

Worker in a field traditionally associated with women, such as nurses, secretaries or receptionists.

Preconceived belief, opinion or judgement about a group of people.

Websites that promote anorexic and bulimic behaviours, respectively. They are often written by girls and aimed at other girls.

Phenomenon that occurs when someone (normally a boy) sends sex videos of their partner or ex-partner (normally a girl) on a pornographic website.

Set of physical, biological and anatomical features of individuals born male or female.

System that defines people according to their sex, ranking them and cultivating behavioural rules that correspond to these two single possible identities. This structure subordinates women and excludes people with bodies, identities, expressions and desires that are outside of gender norms.

Sexual practice that consists in sending, with consent, photos or videos containing sexual content about yourself or someone else.

The right of all people to live free of discrimination, risk, threats, coercion and violence in terms of sexuality and reproduction.

Companionship among women. It is different from solidarity in that it implies altered relationships between women, with the idea that they feel like equals.