Machi women are sometimes out-casted from traditional Mapuche gender roles. Machi women are revered and feared. Masculine female machi are called derogatory terms such as "bruja" (witch) "mujer de la calle" (woman of the street) or "marica" (derogatory term of homosexual). One Machi describes that Machi women are given a higher status than Mapuche women because “they are sent here by god” and are therefore divine. She says for example “she is served before other people [at meals”. In this way the Machi regulate their own gender norms but are also combatted with traditional gender norms of Mapuche and Chilean society. This further complicates the notion of gender within the society.