Unlike racism, gender in Chile has created significant systems of power. The differences in gender are either socially or biologically constructed. On the other hand, “masculinity” and “femininity” means that men and women have to do certain things before society accepts them. However, feminism in Chile and feminism in the U.S.A was very different. Chile had “socialist feminism,” which had its own strategies for rights and liberation language. It combined issues affecting poor and working-class women with traditional and more progressive social elements. On the other hand, Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006), was a dictator who tortured political prisoners, including women and children at a complex called “Villa Grimaldi.” Many people became known
