My first thoughts that came to my head when when I heard of the word macho, I thought the meaning of the word was …show more content…
However in the recent years, decades of influence from Anglo Americans, the meaning of the word has changed and is memorized for its negative interpretation. With Anglo American influence on macho’s negative meaning, macho men are mistakenly known for their drunkenness, raising hell, violence, oppression and abuse on women. From Rudolpho Anaya’s essay, “I’m the King: The Macho Image,” the definition of the word has taken more of a negative meaning and not as respected as the previous meaning of macho. The image of macho has changed significantly from influences of modern day challenges that were different from the past. Because the violence that has been a common perception that has been connected the word, people started to forget the other aspect of the word. Although, machismo man is recalled as a male that is it the norm to be loud, controlling and prideful in themselves. However, for Anaya when he was growing up, to be manly or hombrote was to have a sense of honor. “The intangible of the macho image is that sense of honor. A man must be honorable, for himself and for his family...They took care of the politics of the village, law and order, the church, the acequia, and the old people.”(Anaya). This was the meaning that Anaya grew up knowing about and wants more people to know rather that its negative