Machismo is the sense of being "manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: traditional masculinity". Machismo is a term originating in the early 1940s and 1
Marianismo derives from Roman Catholic and Hispanic American beliefs about Mary, mother of God, providing a supposed ideal of true femininity as the "absolute role model" for adult and young Hispanic/Latina women.
Graffiti on the street expressing "Machismo Kills".
Women in Cuba have the same constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family. Cuba is regarded as a regional front-runner in women's rights
Women at a beauty salon in Havana
An older Cuban woman in colourful traditional costume poses playfully with her cigar outside the Plaza de Armas
Girls in school uniform, near Pinar del Río, Cuba. 2006.