Índia pega no laço influenced by machismo
Índia pega no laço is a phrase used in Brazil that translates to "an Indian woman caught by the lasso". The phrase is used by non-Indigenous Brazilians who claim they have an Indigenous female ancestor and is a reference to the male settlers of Brazil allegedly using lassos to capture Indigenous women. It is regarded as racist and misogynistic,  particularly by Indigenous Brazilian women, because it is often used to romanticise or make a joke of the supposed abduction and rape of an Indigenous ancestor. The phrase is particularly used in the South and South-East of Brazil; the phrases "pega a dente de cachorro" (caught in the teeth of a dog) or "pega a casco de cavalo" (horseback) are also used to the same effect in the North, North-East and Centre-West of Brazil.