But Cisne says the main culprit for the country s high cervical cancer death rates is Nicaragua s machismo culture.

Yet, Italian machismo, with its polished shoes and shiny suits, is different from the more rough hewn Russian version.

Had women been in charge of the AU, they would have known that the machismo of African men doesn't allow them to be shaken by threats of violent confrontation.

The campaign suffered attacks, yes, which was to be expected when women denounce machismo on the Internet. But this did not remove the focus nor diminish the campaign's strength.

Yet, Italian machismo, with its polished shoes and shiny suits, is different from the more rough hewn Russian version. And no amount of European male panache can mask Putin s inner brute.

RFE RL journalist and popular commentator Salome Asatiani believes that the surge in nationalism and machismo is largely an attempt by those Georgian men who feel left out of today s Georgia to reassure themselves.

The proposed reforms to the Penal Code would cut deep into the attitudes of machismo that still prevailed in the country, and the same was true of the necessary changes to the Civil Code.