Reflections On Gender Roles In Hispanic Culture

Mexico is considered as a collectivistic society. Loyalty in this culture is paramount which meaning that Mexican culture tendency have a long-term commitment to their group of people meaning extended family and extended relationships. Mexican cultures over-rides over most other societal rules and regulations. With the strong relationships among this culture everyone will take accountability for their fellow member of their group.

The word Latino conveys a racial idea, and Latinos practice patriarchal he social system. The man of the house hold the male's position of respect and authority in the family, although women’ role is redefining, women most of the time continue having a subordinate position.

Male dominance a subject that is a huge topic of debate. Societies have accepted male dominance because it has been tradition for culture. For my Hispanic culture it has been seen as a trait of my culture that a wife would be beaten by their husband. Women throughout history is have not been treated equal to men. Male dominance is a topic of huge debate. Societies have seen the unjust of male dominance and hear the stories of female abuse by males. Women were suppressed by males in many ways. Women were seen as just a symbol of a caretaker and a mother. Recently women are being more independent and gaining high position jobs but in male dominated jobs. A recent issue of debate is the wage gap of females and males. Also another topic of dominance

Gender roles are the portrayal or demeanor learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms. Currently many women and men are trying to escape the traps of society that force them into a precise “women” or “man.” Why are women who want to better the way they are, seen as wrong because they want to one-up men. To what extreme will culture go in order to manipulate women into believing they need to live by certain rules created by the thought that men are and will always be better than women. The goal of our research paper is to show the gender norms in each culture, and to inspire the readers regardless the gender to diminish the boundaries that gender roles, and society form and try to demand from an individual. We will first address communication between the genders, the gender norms in the Mexican culture followed by the Russian culture and the African culture. Then we will address the genders at work and home as well as the eyes of society. In many different cultures, the stereotypical aspect of how women should be, result in women being inadequate to express their true feeling and thoughts because of the fear of being dishonored, thought of as less and the fear of being less of a women than those that remain in the women stereotypes.

The Mexican male is expected to provide for his family financially, whereas women are expected to take care of the children and run the home, but in many households both adults work;

When my grandparents were being raised, they were raised with a Patriarchal state of mind. My grandparents were raised to believe that the men are the “breadwinners” of the home,

The patriarchy is an important factor of the mere existence and proliferation of SV. In fact, this phenomenon is a ‘symptom’ of the patriarchy. It is the expression of a hierarchical structure that brands women and men differently. Thus, it is closely linked to ‘pre-existent socio-economical and culturally shaped gender relationships’. This analysis is particularly important in the case of the CAR, a country that has had a history of political, economic and social instability since its independence.

On a different note, Schmitz and Sarah (1998) examined traditional gender roles among men and women in the United States as well as in Mexico. The study revealed distinct differences between traditional gender roles perceptions held by Americans and Mexicans. The authors state that family settings in Mexico have been characterized by a dominance of the husband. The women are expected to make sacrifices for the sake of their families. They engage in household chores while the men are tasked with the role of providing income to the family. Some of the ultimate sacrifices that the women have to make include: the acquisition of education, development of careers, and having a social life. On the other hand, men enjoy all these rights as their work is majorly within the public sphere and their involvement with their family’s actual functioning is minimal. Due to Mexicans’ beliefs that gender roles stabilize families, they believe that “men should play the role of decision makers while women should play the roles of homemakers and family caretakers” (Schmitz & Sarah, 1998, p.140). On the other hand, the study found out that gender roles in the U.S were not generally delineated according to gender since they are more focused on the attainment of gender equity. Therefore, household chores can be done by either gender. However, the general trend was that women mostly performed household chores especially in households where both the husband and the wife were professionally working.

Gender is among several concepts taught from birth that eventually become our nature. The degree of inequality between men and women has varied among a wide range of cultures, but has ultimately constructed a glass ceiling for women. While the United States has experienced progressive change towards gender equality, other areas have yet to advance. The social construction of gender has shaped different mentalities, even in recreational aspects of culture. I recognized this after attending a local Salsa dancing event for the student body.

In Hispanic cultures with better development, if I can say it in a good way, the gender roles between men and women are more inclusive, but in Hispanic from countries in Central America and North America as the case of Mexico, you will see big differences in gender roles.

We all are humans, so we all want to be part of a certain group of people in order to feel us accepted and completed. Consequently, people in a community decide to develop their guiding principles and values that rule us as society. There are many reasons why society demand certain obligations for both sex, man and woman, but there is no manual to follow to show us how to live this life perfectly. The way we live the life can differ from one country to another, and even from one state to another. Mexico, as other countries around the world, has been experiencing changes related to gender roles because we all are part of a society, and we create our own perspective about what a man or woman should do or not. The three main reasons for changing

In a similar manner, my classmate who is of the Hispanic decent explains that her parents did not enforced gender roles. She explains that she was never a ‘girly girl’, and that she was comfortable enough to be a ‘tom boy’. She enjoyed playing sports and her parents encouraged her to join a sports team when she entered middle and high school. She continues by saying that her parents were very supportive of what she wanted to do, as long as she is happy. On the other hand, her father always does the ‘manly’ things such as cutting the grass, and fixing cars. Nevertheless, her father also cooks, clean and take care of his children. Gender roles never stopped her father from taking care of his family. She hopes to portray these attitudes onto her

I was raised in a traditional Mexican household. I am the youngest out of three daughters, my household is composed of four women and my father. Growing up I don’t think I ever paid much attention to how my household was divided based on gender but as I got older the distinctions, although some were very minimal, became obvious. My father does not allow for my mother to work outside of the home, her daily routine consist of cleaning the house and cooking. Her daily fears and paranoia consist of not having food ready before 5pm, when my father arrives from work, as well as not having the house clean or up to my father’s standards. When my dad comes home he is the king of the house, nobody questions his ideals and his remarks consist of my sisters

Chapter 4 had a huge impact as to my conceptualization of gender roles in today’s society. The text describes gender roles as behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are culturally appropriate for both males and females. The implications of this definition is profound as it provides room to analyze our society and how it conforms our behavior. While there is room for us as individuals to choose how we present ourselves in the display of our habits and daily behaviors, we still feel the weight of cultural expectations. For example, the heaviness of gender stereotypes in my culture brought a level of difficulty for me growing up in the Dominican Republic. My culture holds beliefs as to what a man’s role should be. Machismo in the

Culture is an important aspect of everyone’s lives whether they believe so or not. It is important to think about culture through different ways and that is what I had the privilege of doing by interviewing my grandma and my Spanish teacher. Comparing and contrasting was the most important concept when it came to deciphering what the importance is when it comes to culture. The most important aspect that both interviewees discussed was the importance of education and family, their values.