Essay On Latin American Women

Identity is a group of characteristics, data or information that belongs exactly to one person or a group of people and that make it possible to establish differences between them. The consciousness that people have about themselves is part of their identity as well as what makes them unique. According to psychologists, identity is a consistent definition of one’s self as a unique individual, in terms of role, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations. Identity tries to define who people are, what they are, where they go or what they want to be or to do. Identity could depend on self-knowledge, self-esteem, or the ability of individuals to achieve their goals. Through self-analysis people can define who they are and who the people around them

     Throughout United States history oppression of people has always been prominent, whether through African American’s and segregation or Asian American’s during the Vietnam War. What is often ignored is our history of the oppression of women. No matter what time in history, there is always a case to be found of the discrimination over gender. Many people know of how African American’s came into freedom and the long perilous road it took, but few know the struggles, changes and hardships that women have perceived to get where they are today. As the civil war halted and industrialization and urbanization came into play, the role of women changed dramatically and their status

During the 1960’s, women represented about forty percent of America’s labor force. Women have typically received a median average wage three-fifths that of a male’s earnings. In the 1960’s, people justified paying women a lower wage using the excuse that a male’s societal role, as the main breadwinner, entitled him to a higher pay than a woman. Even if a woman and a man were performing the same job, a man would get paid higher simply because of his gender. Women began to realize the wage gender inequality, and began fighting for equal rights.

I took an Uber the other day, and my driver, an African American woman, gave me a deeper insight on what I have learned in Chicano studies this quarter. It so happens she was writing a dissertation on minority women in leadership positions. What struck me the most about her findings was that one of the biggest determinants for minority women being able to be promoted to leadership positions was their partner’s race. If the woman’s partner was aso a minority the woman was less likely to be in a leadership position. Minority women in top leadership positions were mostly single, or married to white men. She believed minority men preferred women who stayed at home. I saw this as a consequence of minority women being marginalized by men within their communities. This was evident in founding of the Chicano movement and the exclusion of women from the beginning of the movement. The movement was founded to challenge ahistorical borders by recovering the Chicano narrative. The transition from Chicano to Chicano/a aimed to challenge the marginalization of women in the movement by acknowledging that women had been historically wounded and violated. The final transition to

Ninety-five years ago the nineteenth amendment was passed giving women in America the right to vote (America’s Historical Documents), this was a pivotal step for women rights. Since then women’s rights have increasingly advanced throughout America: in politics and in the workforce. In fact “women today make up almost half of all worker in the United States” (The State of Women in America). Sadly though, women are paid less than males in the workforce. "Women in the United States are paid only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes" (The State of Women in America). One question that derives from this topic is: why are women still not getting paid as much as men? Women should get paid as equally as men do. A fair argument to make against the topic is the difference in the types of work a woman and a man does (Debate). For example in construction men are tasked with most of the heavy lifting as opposed to a women that do not have as much

A mexican american girl coming from an uneducated family going to Stanford University was quite a surprise for many. Getting a full ride scholarship to Stanford university was was even a greater surprise. Who would've thought that she was going to be competing against the smartest kids of America. For many as well as for her getting a full ride scholarship to Stanford University was impossible, but to her surprise she was in and there she went not knowing what to expect. As she arrived her sympathetic nervous system kicked in. Her heart was beating like it had never before as she heard all the places people came from. Germany, Korea, England, Serie, Greece, Spain and many others. China the most common nationality. That mexican american girl is from Salinas were 72.6% of the

In her article La Chicana, Elizabeth Martinez exposes a truth for men’s insistence on higher pay. She stated that many women would work in the fields or factories in order to help make money for the household, as a result of low wages. The men often would leave their wives and children not because they did not love them but because the welfare system would be more willing to help a single mother (32-33). Therefore the men sought higher wages in order to wholly provide for their families, so that the wives could stay home and fulfill their womanly duties. Their traditional mentality prevented women from really participating in the Chicano movement. The women were usually delegated jobs such as cleaning, cooking, or child care during meetings. However, some women refused to be held

Latin America represents 1/10 of the world's population, and geographically can be located from the land extensions of Mexico, until the Patagonia at Argentina. Some of the most relevant elements of today's culture in Latin America are; Religion, Values, Attitudes, Social structure, Social stratification, Language and Gift-giving hospitality. The predominant religion throughout history in Latin America has been Catholicism. From big cities to small villages, churches, basilicas, and cathedrals are found. Catholicism left its mark, from customs and values to architecture and art. During many years in many countries the Catholic Church had power over all civil institutions, education, and law. Nowadays religion

One factor that contributes to the lost wages between men and Latinas are due to the career choice Latina’s decide to choose. According to the National Partnership, “Latinas are typically paid 54 cents for every dollar a male makes” (1). This is calculated by dividing the median earnings of full-time, year-round, working women by the median earnings of full-time, year-round, working men, all rounded to the nearest $100. An example shown by the U.S. Census Bureau, states, “ In 2016 the median salary for men working full-time, year-round was $51,6400, while the similar figure for women was $41,554. This translates to a wage gap of roughly 20 cents per dollar. Or, to put it another way, women earned 80.5 percent of what men were taking home that year, an increase of 1.1 percent” (2). Now you’re probably as curious to know why men

The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America, man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination, for example marriage was arranged by the fathers, women never go out except to go church, women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad treats European women try to find different ways to escape from man domination and demonstrate their intellectual capacities, for example women used become part of a convent, write in secret their desires and disappointments, and even dress as man to

The idea that a woman’s job is to be a wife and mother is old-fashioned, but not completely out of style. Though these roles require a great deal of talent, resilience, patience, love, and strength, to name a few, they are often underestimated or depicted as simple. Especially in modern times, many women in the United States who stay home to raise a family are viewed as anti-feminists, whereas women in Latin America are not criticized for similar actions. In recent decades, more Latin American women have started to break the mold, daring to be both sexy, and successful in the workforce, while remaining pillars of domestic life.

Women's inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean is reflected in the discrimination they face in the workplace. Since the 1960s, the number of economically active women in the region has more than tripled. Though more than half of these

Women of Latin American culture have incessantly ensued the potent gender roles that have become a social construction of their society over innumerable decades. The profound author of Insurgent Mexico, John Reed, imparts his experiences with the revolutionary leaders of the Mexican Revolution, like Pancho Villa, and was able to witness their culture and more specifically the roles these Mexican women were forced to render by their chauvinistic counterparts. This period of revolution, started to grant women new mantles usually reserved only for men, like participating in fighting for the success of the revolution; any preeminent changes would soon approach, but in the meantime Mexican society run by men enjoyed the regulated traditional

History of the region from the pre-Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language. The peoples of this large area shared the experience of conquest and colonization by the Spaniards and Portuguese from the late 15th through the 18th centuries as well as movements of independence from Spain and Portugal in the early 19th century. Even since independence, many of the various

When finding a career, women are exposed to the idea that the man in the family should be the provider and the woman should stay home and care for the children. Growing up, women were taught to do the household chores while men were shown what it was like to work in an office or field (Gender Equality in Latin America by Sandra Baca). Women take over fifty percent of the working population in Honduras, but they are only contributing 37% to their GDP, making their financial success critical to the economy. When the economy starts to grow, it will show a true sign of gender equity put into place. (Workplace Gender Equality in Honduras by Kelsey Lay). In Honduras, men seem more superior and more significant towards society. The fact that men provide the money for the family, cause society