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The term jinetero literally means "jockey" and refers to street hustlers while the term jinetera is the feminine form of the word, and refers to hustlers who tend to be interpreted as sex workers. According to L. Kafia Roland, Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, "jineteros seem to be challenging the government to uphold its revolutionary rhetoric: Cuba should belong to Cubans." She proclaims that "jineteras are merely tapping into their most exchangeable form of cultural capital--dominant perceptions of their socially constructed sexuality."