What Is Aids In The Barrio Puerto Rico

Gender roles in Puerto Rican society has been viewed as very male dominate, leaving women in domestic roles. Women’s roles in Puerto Rico have followed the same pattern as many other women’s roles in different countries all over the world. Puerto Rican women have been viewed as subservient to men for centuries. Women are used as “material” for a man’s needs, Philippe Bourgois, In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, stated that “Rape runs rampant around us, and it is as if a society maintains a terrifying conspiracy of silence that enforces this painful dimension of the oppression of women in everyday life.” By tradition, Puerto Rican women were responsible for cooking, cleaning, and other household chores, including that they are there for a man’s pleasure. Therefore, rape culture has become a major problem country to country. Puerto Rican women have been viewed only as domestic workers who were there to serve their husbands. Rape culture is defined as “… an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society that disregards women’s rights and safety,” as stated by Marshall University in their article, Rape Culture. In some cultures, rape is part of becoming a man or women, this shows to them that

Therefore, in the mothers’ point of view, their daughter's sexual encounters were commonly seen as their boyfriends taking advantage of their naivety. Such was the case for Emma, who reports telling her daughter, “‘You think he loves you? Se está aprovechando de ti, ya verás [He’s taking advantage of you, you’ll see]!’” (Garcia, 2012: 24). The reason behind this view is “the patriarchal control over women’s bodies” (Garcia, 2012: 24). Because women were seen as objects, the common explanation for female sexuality is that they were deceived by their partner. Victimization was also seen as a way to maintain both a girl’s and her mother’s reputation. The mothers interviewed were expected to take on the responsibility of raising their children. One of the tasks involved was educating their daughters of the dangers of premarital sex. Like the teachers of the sex education courses the girls had taken, mothers did not go in depth on different methods of pursuing safe sex. In the end, the cultural belief that a daughter who had been properly educated would prevent unwanted pregnancy and STDs through abstinence until marriage persisted in the lives of second-generation Latinas. By portraying their daughters as victims, the mothers would avoid having other relatives place the blame on them for not properly educating their

HIV and AIDS is affecting the latino community in a negative way. It’s causing the quality of life in the United States to drop, but why is that. In 2015, Hispanics/Latinos made up about 23% of the countries new HIV diagnoses despite only being 18% of the population. The stigma that comes from the Hispanic/Latino culture, factors being economical or personal are major factors that makes HIV/AIDS thrive in the latino community. The young Hispanic/Latino community are at risk since, they are being deprived from showing their sexuality because of their cultures stigma. The gender power imbalance in these communities, and their stigma against homosexuals. Statistics from new HIV infections, gender ratios, death rates, education and so on.

Hispanic and Latinos have been the nation's fastest-growing ethnic population in the past several decades. HIV diagnoses in Latino and Hispanic populations have been rising in the past decades. In 2011, Latinos and Hispanics represented 17% of the total population in the US, but however, they also accounted for 21% of the estimated adults diagnosed with HIV infections in the United States. In fact, in 1985, Latinos were at 15% of all diagnosed HIV cases and in 2010, it increased to 22% in the U.S. National Latinos AIDS Awareness day is observed each year to increase awareness of that impact of HIV on the Hispanic and Latino population. The recent slogan—To End ADS Commit Act—was chosen to mobilize Hispanics to commit ending HIV in their communities.

The Barrio is where low income Mexican families live and develop social relations with others around them. It is a safe haven for many Mexican families even though it is very run down and lacks certain necessities. The streets of the barrio are poorly paved and it even has a makeshift barbershop in someone’s living room. This, however, does not deter families from becoming close with each other. While in the barrio, families forget about their hardships and gather together to celebrate what they do have. Their gatherings usually take place on their front porches or in their brightly colored gardens.

Such differences place Latino women at a disadvantage as compared to both groups in terms of current prevention and treatment initiatives. The Latino experience of HIV/AIDS is rooted not only in gender, but also in the socioeconomic, sociocultural, and political contexts of the women’s lives. The purpose of this study is to explore Latino women’s narratives of living with HIV/AIDS. The central questions guiding this study were: (a) what issues contribute to Latino women becoming infected with HIV? (b) What factors, or confluence of factors, play a role in Latino women living with HIV/AIDS? (c) What does being infected with HIV/AIDS mean to Latino women? and (d) How do Latino women make sense of being infected with HIV/AIDS within the broader context of their

Twenty years ago, a person who has contracted Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, would be ostracized, labeled as a homosexual, and was likely to be banned from public places such as pools and school. The lifestyle was undesirable, and the lack of education on the subject lead many people to start and believe asinine rumors about the virus and its transmission. On top of this the carrier must also take upwards of twenty pills a day to hopefully prevent the growth of HIV, and eventually progressing into AIDS. HIV doesn’t just affect Latinos, African Americans, or gay, but every single person.

cities, which also have problems of unemployment and poverty, as well as the problem of racial discrimination. Economic recessions along with deteriorating neighborhoods and discriminatory conditions on the mainland, and combined with family ties and a desire to nurture children in island culture, have prompted some number to return to Puerto Rico. Yet one must be careful not to overemphasize this return migration, for it involves a modest minority of Puerto Ricans, with the rest settling down well into mainland communities. In addition, the circular migration has long been encouraged by the government and involves attempts to overcome built-n structural poverty in both places.

The commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), known to most Americans as simply Puerto Rico, exists as one of two territories owned by the United States1. Being a territory of the United States, Puerto Ricans possess common citizenship, currency, and defense. However, even though Puerto Ricans are United States citizens they do not pay any kind of federal income taxes. Therefore, they cannot vote in presidential elections. Puerto Rico is under the jurisdiction of the United States customs, and are allowed free movement of people and merchandise with the United States. They have established their own constitution, and have a greater amount of independence than possessions. Although

Puerto Rico, a name synonymous with finding it’s identity. Has had its woes in that search of identity. After suffering the colonialism of Spain, Puerto Rico was then won by the US in the Spanish American war. Puerto Ricans, deep-rooted in culture and tradition start the journey of searching for better. In the 1950s, after being a territory of the US for 51 years. We see huge emigration from Puerto Rico to the US. The Puerto Rican government played a crucial role in the Puerto Rican migration after world war II. The emigration numbers sky rocket in the 1950s and there is a reason it did. In this paper, I’ll prove that Puerto Ricans migrated to the US in search of a better life because of the post war economic conditions, population increase,

“The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by, Junot Díaz explores into many issues in the Dominican community. One issue, he shows the audience is the sexim in the community. Throughout the story, one can see how men and women are treated in the culture. Also, one can see the hypocrisy in the culture between men and women.“The Brief Life of Oscar Wao”, shows that in the Dominican community, men believe they have the right to abuse and be deceitful to women and women think it is fine to endure the abuse due to the community’s belief which influence their upbringing, however, characters such as Oscar and Lola broke these norms of the community proving that people have the choice to make their own decisions.

The puerto rican dream is quite similar to the “american dream”. The once genuine image of a honest lifestyle, full of opportunities and success, has been corrupted through the constant brainwash of media and advertisements. It’s led the people to believe that the happy way of living is through consumption. The island is up to its

The social and political milieu of the HIV/AIDS virus emerged in the gay communities of several metropolitan areas in the United States. When the virus emerged, it was a time of sexual freedom and gay liberation which created conditions that permitted the epidemic to spread rapidly. The milieu created AIDS activists and a number of community based organizations. With all of this in Burroughs Wellcome’s environment, exhibit 1 show that their proximate environment is AIDS patients, competitor’s treatments,

Not many may know that Puerto Rico is considered to be American territory. Soon people all over America will know because Puerto Rico could possibly become the fifty first state or could be separated from America completely. Most of Puerto Ricans would like statehood 61% to be exact, this citizens would like to be united with America once and for all. There are some Puerto Ricans would like to be free association and the amount is 33% citizens who want a relationship without political territory with a degree of statehood with America. The last percentage are the citizens who want to be independent which is 5%. As the percentage shows most Puerto Ricans would like to become the fifty first state of America and add one more star onto America.

Tribes, a short miniseries sponsored by MTV, provides a perspective into the island life and the modern day stigmas that surround HIV in that environment. The series is about a 24-years old young man named Jamaal, who is a growing radio personality (“J-Starr”) in East Trinidad. His larger than life and activist attitude prompts him to commentate and promote a testing drive to test for HIV in his local community. After being pressured to get tested himself, Jamaal never went to pick up his results. Weeks later, his best friend, Dane, kept getting phone calls from the clinic at which Jamaal was tested. Dane says, “I can’t have an HIV clinic calling me all hours of the day man. It’s ruining my social life, eh.” This indicates a negative connotation associated with HIV clinics.