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Table 1 Situations associated with gender bias in the professional field

From: The role of women in Brazilian ethnobiology: challenges and perspectives

Situation

Concept

Bropriating

When, in the presence of a group, a woman gives an idea that is not heard or considered, and this idea is later repeated by a man and from then on, it is taken into consideration

Manterrupting

When a woman is constantly interrupted by men, unable to present or conclude her idea

Mansplaining

When a woman feels underestimated by a man who tries to explain something she has already shown that she has knowledge

Gaslighting

When a man tries to make a woman think that her reactions are exaggerated or that she is crazy