- 79 - 213. A gender-based stereotype refers to a preconception of attributes, conducts or characteristics possessed by, or roles that are or should be played by, men and women, respectively, and it is possible to associate the subordination of women to practices based on socially dominant and persistent gender-based stereotypes. In this regard, their creation and use becomes one of the causes and consequences of gender-based violence against women, a situation that is exacerbated when they are reflected, implicitly and explicitly, in policies and practices, particularly in the thinking and language of the State authorities. 311 214. As verified above (paras. 75 to 105), the violence used by the police against the eleven women in this case included stereotyped insults and threats of being subjected to different forms of sexual violence. In particular, the Court has noted the following: 1. Yolanda Muñoz Diosdada, recounted that, after beating her, a police agent told her that they were all “whores, bitches, now you’re fucked!” 2. Norma Aidé Jiménez Osorio declared that the police, when assaulting her, told her that this was happening “because [she] was not at home, washing dishes” and that she was a whore, telling them that they “should be at home cooking instead of out and about; that [they] were not thinking about [their] families or [their] children.” Also, during the transfer, they threatened her and her family, telling her that her mother would also be “fucked,” and that “soon, we’re going to rape you and then we’re going to make you disappear.” 3. María Patricia Romero Hernández stated that, when she refused to undress, several agents beat her saying she was “aggressive” and that “this will teach you a lesson, bitch.” She also recounted how the police threatened her in front of her son and her father, saying “we’re going to fuck you,” “you’re a bitch and don’t deserve to live,” “we’re going to kill you,” and “we’re going to rape you, you fucking bitch.” 4. Mariana Selvas Gómez stated that, while they were beating her, the agents insulted her saying things like “fucking whore, bitch.” She explained that they then continued to ask for her personal data while they insulted her and that “as she was a woman, during the whole journey, they were saying “damn whore, bitch, murderer, damn Samaritan, rebel, we’re going to fuck you […].” 5. Georgina Edith Rosales Gutiérrez indicated that they insulted her saying “whore, bitch, soon you’re going to see what’s coming to you!” In addition, she heard another agent shouting: “fuck these bitches from behind to calm them down!” 6. Ana María Velasco Rodríguez recounted how, when she did not give the answer that the police were seeking, they beat her and insulted her as “bitch” and “whore.” Seeing that she was not bleeding, “they used more force and said: ‘this bitch is clean, hit her more.’” 7. Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo recounted how, on arresting her, the police asked her why she was not studying and told her that she “was a whore.” In addition, she stated that, during the transfer, while they assaulted her, they shouted that she “was a whore and what was [she] doing there, and that [she] should go back to making tortillas.” 8. Bárbara Italia Méndez Moreno recounted how the police insulted her, calling her a “bitch” while they hit her; also, they yelled: “it’s her! It’s the bitch, mark her!”’ “Bitch How does this feel? I’m going to kill you! I’m going to fuck you and then I’ll kill you!” She narrated that they began “to yell obscene expressions about [her] body, about Cf. Case of González et al. (“Cotton Field” )v. Mexico. Preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of November 16, 2009. Series C No. 205, para. 401, and Case of López Soto et al. v. Venezuela. Merits, reparations and costs. Judgment of September 26, 2018. Series C No. 362, para. 235. 311