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This paper has been structured in three areas. In the first one, the author shows the relevance that words and conversations among individuals have on social research, both terms being very important to the well-known sociologist and writer Franco Ferrarotti. In the second part, the author explains the necessary qualitative methodology to be used when analysing a main topic. In the third one, the author analyses the reality of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from the gender perspective to detect if they are or not a reflection of that Spanish reality regarding sex discrimination. Finally, this paper states the challenge the Spanish society needs to face to outweigh sex inequality without excluding the NGOs or any other form of association. This paper calls for the involvement of society, which along with the state and market, has an important task to accomplish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visual studies, although consolidated in European and North American academia, are still developing. The research fields associated with them are also affected by multidisciplinary approaches ranging from the fields of ethno-anthropology, art, communication, sociology, semiology, forming a semantic and epistemological mosaic in continuous evolution. The essay presented here proposes, on the one hand, a reflection on visual culture and, on the other, an introduction to some of the most interesting lines of research in visual studies. In this way we want to deepen the epistemological/methodological value of visual sociology, and at the same time give witness to the achievements and innovative proposals that make this field of study one of the most interesting in social research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]