Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz’s ethnography Labor and Legality uses a mixture of narrative, interviews, and observation to educate the reader about the lives of undocumented workers in the United States. Gomberg-Muñoz focuses specifically on a group in Chicago called the Lions and describes how this small group has managed to create their own culture made up of language, social structure, kinship, gender roles, and authority. Often the Lions have to navigate between three different cultures: the one they were raised in, in Léon; the American culture; and the one they created as undocumented workers. The Lions are from Léon, Guanajuato, Mexico so Spanish is their first language.…
The women, on the other hand, have to do all the housework and have to stay with the children. They have to provide the children all the necessities they…
In the early 1700s, women’s role was to obey their husbands. They were either considered to be a “notable housewife” or “pretty gentlewomen”. Maintaining the household and raising children were their top priorities. When the Tea Act came around, women were able to participate in voicing their political opinions by saying “No”. They protested and boycotted alongside the Sons of Liberty against British goods and policies.…
Slavery in Brazil began around 1532 and lasted until the 1800s. After Brazil abolished slavery, African slaves soon gathered in settlements in Rio de Janeiro. Favelas or shantytowns are inside and around large cities in Brazil, and homes are constructed with brick and cement. Due to poverty in the larger populated areas in the favelas, it was easy for a mother to grieve over her dead baby. People usually mourn when someone they love passes away, in Brazil, people no longer grieved over death.…
In this paragraph I will be writing the effects of Machismo when adult males try to build relationships. The first effect is that it is hard for men to express emotions. For example if their mother die they would not easily express sadness on them. The second effect is that Machismo create more violence. Machismo create more violence because the man think that he is the boss at home so he can beat his wife and do whatever he want with his wife.…
Hispanic vs. American Culture What makes the Hispanic values so distinctive? Some might believe there’s no much difference but the differences are obscure. Despite bearing some minor similarities, the differences between American and Hispanic culture are pronounced. Family’s role, religion, household composition, cuisine and wife’s role are key cultural differences between the two.…
During the Colonial time, the men represented the family in the community and were the head of the household. They would work in the farmland, build barns, houses and fences for his household. This is very different from nowadays where many men are the housekeeper and takes care of the kids while the wife is the one who has a job and works. Nowadays women have many more rights than women had during the colonial times. At that time most of the women who were young and married would work as cooks for wealthy families.…
Indigenous groups throughout the world have one thing in common when it came to their fall; they all suffered at the hands of white men. Two indigenous groups that were infiltrated by western people were the Cherokee tribe and the Africans during Imperialism in Africa. During 1830 to 1831, the Indian Removal Act was enforced and more than ten thousand natives were relocated west of the Mississippi River. Thousands died before they could reach their new home. The reason for their removal of their ancestral lands was so there could be more space for citizens of the United States.…
According to Dictionary.com, parenting is defined as, “the methods and techniques used or required in the rearing of children”, but many people define it differentially throughout the years. Over the course of time, parenting has changed in multiple ways such as the following: work has become more demanding, discipline has weakened and new developments in technology have changed the activities that kids do to entertain themselves In the 1960s, females were beginning to be seen doing some work outside of the house. While females were working, the men did not help take care of the house or take care of their kids. This caused females to have to do more work to support their family financially and physically (“Family”).…
American and Hispanic Views on Gender Roles Throughout all of history men and women have always been told what roles they are supposed to play within their culture since a very young age. Whether it is the American or Hispanic culture, women have always had a much lower and weaker role than men have; this means that women are the weaker sex. Since they aren’t as independent as they should be, women aren’t always the head of the household. However, in the American culture women are able to become the head of the household even though they are still the weaker sex. Men in both cultures are the dominant sex because they are able to be a lot more independent than women and therefore are almost always the head of the household; in rare cases American men will not be the head of the household due to reasons such as not working.…
Pitones, and Jesse Diaz Jr examines whether the machismo ideology is solely in middle-class men, or if it’s a cultural upbringing. Within the study, the agreeing views of middle-class men are not a hundred percent for each survey question. In Mirande’s study, she breaks up machismo into positive and negative conceptions. Through the view of negative conception, men are seen, “as incessantly partying, drinking, fighting, and womanizing” (Mirande, Pitones, and Diaz 311). Mr. Z, “took a quick drink,” (Casares 12) as he drove Diego and Ricky from work.…
They are very family oriented and tend to have large families. They believe in traditional gender roles. The man holds the most power in the family. He is expected to be strong and provide for the family. The woman is to have the children and take care of the family, including the elders (Understanding Cultural Diversity).…
Gender can have different effects on family life based on factors such as cultural expectations for men and women and the socio-economic need of the family. In the case of transnational families, the family’s experiences have completely shifted the gender norms of their home culture. Women have had immense roles in transnational families and almost become heads of the family. In the Honduran transnational families article, the author describes the experiences of transnational families and how the typical familial structures have changed.…
Traditional Gender Roles in Low Income Hispanic Families Traditional Gender Roles in the Hispanic culture are greatly valued, the culture itself is mainly build around it. As a result of that, highly valuing traditional Gender roles, especially in low income households can affect the family in many ways. As a Hispanic woman myself, I have experienced the effects of traditional gender roles. My family is based on “marianismo” which is the traditional female role coming from the beliefs of the Virgin Mary. Instead of pursuing a post-secondary education, my father expected me to learn how to cook and maintain the household at such a young age.…
An aspect of patriarchy that still exists in today’s culture would have to be on female sexuality. For example, the male and female double standard and how that affects the amount of sexual partners a female has. Also, how badly women get looked upon when they cheat on their significant other. Female sexuality is an aspect of patriarchy that still exists because there is a double standard in our society when it comes to having sexual orientation. For instance, Zhana Vrangalova PhD who has a PhD in Developmental Psychology and is currently a professor at the NYU Psychology department, stated within her article on sexual double standard that women are judged more harshly than men for engaging in the same behaviors, especially when those behaviors…