Micromachismos

Spanish term coined by Argentinian psychologist Luis Bonino (1996) to refer to the various ideas, attitudes and practices of discrimination against women and girls that take place in both public and private spheres and are seen as legitimate by those around them because they are socially normalized. As they are subtle in nature and deeply engrained in everyday life, they are often harder to identify as forms of dominance and violence. For this reason, micromachismos often go unchallenged and are not met with social rejection. However, because they are normalized, they are the basis for other, more obvious or aggressive forms of male violence, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse and psychological abuse.