Machismo!

You hear about it, but you don't really know until you experience it.

Machismo, or machoism, is a word of Spanish and Portuguese origin that describes prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity.^[1] As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme male chauvinism. Characteristics include domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough. 

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Yes, it does exist, with some caveats.  I've been exploring more and more concepts about victimization, that is, how much someone is prone to letting things outside themselves affect how they perceive their self-worth and place in the world.  I know I'm bound to ruffle some feathers here, but hear me out. 

Machismo is a product of traditional thinking that, in my opinion, extends from the immense responsibility that is on the shoulders of the male figure in the family to ensure the survival of his family, monetarily speaking.  I'm not trying to excuse chauvinism, just to say that it's not completely baseless.  Look at the animal kingdom: male displays of bravado permeate everywhere!

Yep, they're everywhere.  And we can't negate the evolutionary influence that this might have on human behavior.  "BUT" you say, "WE'RE ABOVE these animals, we possess the ability to reason".  You're right! But I think that you'll find that the closer that a society is to subsistence level-- that is, if people in a society are closer to surviving than thriving--  the more OVERT this instinct.  In so-called "first world" countries, males are trained that over displays of chauvinism are taboo. 

This shifts from one type of chauvinism to another, from machismo to the objectification of women:

Objectification Theory is based on the principle that girls and women develop their primary view of their physical selves from observations of others. These observations can take place in the media or through personal experience... Women and girls develop an expected physical appearance for themselves, based on observations of others; and are aware that others are likely to observe as well. The sexual objectification and self objectification of women is believed to influence social gender roles and inequalities between the sexes.^[45]

-Wikipedia

Neither machismo nor the sexual objectification of women are GOOD things, and one does not excuse the other.  That being said, any time I hear the argument that Mexico is a society marked by machismo, I immediately think about how that criticism is very likely coming from someone from a society where objectification of women is the norm.

These are realities across the globe.  Until this changes, then, I can only do my best to personally not become a victim:

One of the biggest reasons people become a victim is because they feel what happened to them can only be used for negativity. You only become a victim if you let the incident take control of your life. So let go of the negative feelings about what happened and find a way to use it as an advantage.

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