  The Second Encuentro, held in Lima, Perú in July 1983, thematically focused on patriarchy, a controversial topic given its association with imperialist American and European feminisms. The Encuentro reflected a shift in feminist claims, identifying that sexism was not just an outcome of capitalism, but rather shaped by a patriarchal sex/gender system that functioned autonomously (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 412). Moreover, the Second Encuentro experienced a public response to the visibility of lesbian identity within Latin American feminisms, forcing many heterosexual women to confront their homophobia (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 412). The meeting also pushed the topic of racism, which resurfaced in subsequent years both in the Encuentros and the larger landscape of Latin American feminist ideas that launched staunch critiques on the omission of race and racism from dominant feminist conversations.