How Sandinista Revolution Changed Traditional Gender Roles In Nicaragua

In society in the 1950’s the average woman played an inferior role to men. Men considered themselves superior to women and often expected women to cater to their wishes. Females were expected to adjust their feelings , thoughts and actions to accommodate men's beliefs. The “do not speak unless spoken to” rule was common for women. They were expected to obey their husbands and fathers without hesitation. In order to be judged as respectable, they would have to remain sexually pure until marriage. After a minimum amount of schooling, women had to find a suitable young man to marry. In some instances a woman’s parents would orchestrate an arranged marriage to benefit their social status or income. Being put in such a position deteriorated a woman’s power. Today, women have fewer guidelines to abide by. First, women

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, but is also full of history, tradition and life. It is known for its great folk music, deep heritage and culture. Nicaragua is hidden jewel with warm, gorgeous culture and breathtaking nature. It is surrounded by its incredible history, culture and nature.

“The boys and the girls live in separate worlds.” - House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Simply because of our gender, we are expected to take different roles in our lives, especially in Esperanza’s society, many people view that women have to become a housewife or work in a factory. Anyone can take a role, no gender has to dominate. I learned from Esperanza that more danger is on women, because we are usually viewed as weak and unable to defend ourselves, as Esperanza got sexually assaulted this proved true to some cases, but not all women are the

n the 1800’s a lot of people from Europe started to come into Nicaragua. Also families from Belgium, Spain, Italy, and Germany moved to Nicaragua to set up their own businesses to do with money. They established coffee businesses, newspapers, hotels and banks. The U.S. government negotiated with President Jose Santos Zelaya to get land so their would be a canal through Nicaragua in the late 1800’s. The minister of Nicaragua, Luis Felipe Corea, went to Washington and wrote a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay addressing the needed support of a canal by the Zelaya government. The Zanchez-Merry Treaty was signed with Nicaragua regarding the canal through Columbia but fell through because it was rejected by John Hay. The Spooner Act,

stated the necessity of the Soviet Union and Cuba to become allies, and this move would also influence many countries in Latin America to become allies with the Soviet Union rather than the U.S and the West.

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Ecuadorian children become very excited to receive another opportunity to learn and support their peers. Children in Ecuador have more freedom than those that I have grown up to know. For example, they have permission to leave school grounds whenever and they may choose to not come back. Occasionally, teachers will send children home or out from school grounds to find an object or to bring their parent or sibling back with them (“Being a Kid in Ecuador”). Though parents are fully capable, they usually send their children off to the market to bring back groceries, so that when they are older they are able to do that on their own. Another way kids show their independence is through visiting the nearby river to go for a swim, usually inviting

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Imagine you’re in a classroom full of teenagers that don’t want to be there, and are known for being violent and doing illegal activity, and now you’re expected to teach them math. This was the situation of Jaime Escalante. Jaime Escalante took a stand during the 1980s by teaching in a way that helped the students understand that he wanted them to succeed and impacts us today by showing that teacher support can help kids succeed.

Through multifarious ways, female gender roles in Latin American countries have gradually begun to improve over time. These slight improvements have manifested through women’s increasing involvement in politics and presence in the labor force due to immigration, globalization, and global media. Women in Latin American countries have become

In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the way women have been represented and characterized gives us an idea of how the female gender are treated differently from the male gender as well as children in Latin America during the 1950s. The husbands were given all the authority, also known as machismo, whereas women weren’t allowed to take charge of anything, and were portrayed as weak and impotent.

The roles of women are useful to historians because they provide an insight into the life experiences, cultures, thoughts, and every day life of a historical period. Similarly this essay will examine the roles of women, which provide insight into the Aztec civilization’s many strengths. The Aztec child bearer/warrior, priestess and sexual being will be analyzed to display that gender relations were complementary that produced equality. The midwife and weaver reveal that the Aztec’s specialization proved successful through fields like medicine and the market. Finally the Aztec daughter and mother will be examined to show that the Aztec’s had a strong socialization system established through education and the family. For these reasons

In a patriarchal society such as colonial Latin America, women were considered second class citizens. No matter their class or ethnicity, all women experienced the social and cultural limitations that are subjected to them by this patriarchal society. Women had limited access to education, women are used to satisfy men’s personal desires and legal systems neglected women’s court rights while heavily advocating men’s. However, not all women are subjected to the same limitations because of the difference in one’s economic status and ethnic identity. Nonetheless, women still found a way to carve out a space for themselves in attempt to overcome these regulations set by a patriarchal society.

The double standards which Mexican women forced to live under are social status and sex. Men controlled all aspects such as politic, economy, and cultural life. In the family, husband served as authority over his wife as same as they did over his "slave". The following is an instance from Castellanos's writing which can picture the women's status in the family " The year Modesta was married to Alberto were years of pain and hard work. True that when he was drunk, the bricklayer beat her, throwing in her face how Jorgito had abused her..." (p 550). This was true that patriarchy affected wealthy and poor women differently. Women who were born wealthy and in the upper class were just under the authority of their

Women around the world have been subordinated to men at various time periods and in various cultures. The history of Mexico has led to the creation of a dichotomous view of women who are only perceived as the good wife and mother or as the whore. This clear-cut definition of women’s identity and role in society does not leave much space for another expression of the self. Yet, in the documentary The Blossoms of Fire by Maureen Gosling, women are portrayed as powerful, confident and strong. How did men, stereotypically defined and characterized as “machos” with an exaggerated sense of power and domineering attitudes, react to what is referred to in the video as “matriarchy”? Is there another space other than those culturally predefined in