Gender Has A Strong Influence Of How We View Our Culture
How culture influences gender roles Yadira Ramon-Soto Professor Young California State University San Marcos
Gender has a strong influence of how we view our culture, throughout my research I came across the Hispanic culture and how they view their family. In their everyday life they view male’s superior to women. Hispanic women are supposed to be nurturing and show respect to men, while men on the other hand should show respect but it isn’t an expectation. They tend to objectify women to only being able to do household duties unlike men who not only provide but care for their family. Even though many Hispanic families live in the United States they still hold their traditional beliefs and customs from Mexico. In most Hispanic cultures men are usually defined by their “machismo” which means “manly, the concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride...[with] the supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and a denigration of characteristics associated with the feminine." Generation after generation has been influenced by the American culture slowly changing the way Hispanics view of culture. In today’s society we are seeing more and more Hispanic students applying for college and attending college. The percentage of Hispanic students is increasing every year, therefore showing a shift in the Hispanic culture. Men and women are often stereotyped by society of what they can and cannot do. According to society most if not all women know or should know how to cook, clean, and do laundry and etc. while on the other hand men should be able to fix cars, be a handy man, and tough. These are all generalizations made by society. As seen in most Hispanic cultures men are supposed to be tough and provide for the family. They are seen as the head of the household. The older
Gender has a strong influence of how we view our culture, throughout my research I came across the Hispanic culture and how they view their family. In their everyday life they view male’s superior to women. Hispanic women are supposed to be nurturing and show respect to men, while men on the other hand should show respect but it isn’t an expectation. They tend to objectify women to only being able to do household duties unlike men who not only provide but care for their family. Even though many Hispanic families live in the United States they still hold their traditional beliefs and customs from Mexico. In most Hispanic cultures men are usually defined by their “machismo” which means “manly, the concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride...[with] the supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and a denigration of characteristics associated with the feminine." Generation after generation has been influenced by the American culture slowly changing the way Hispanics view of culture. In today’s society we are seeing more and more Hispanic students applying for college and attending college. The percentage of Hispanic students is increasing every year, therefore showing a shift in the Hispanic culture. Men and women are often stereotyped by society of what they can and cannot do. According to society most if not all women know or should know how to cook, clean, and do laundry and etc. while on the other hand men should be able to fix cars, be a handy man, and tough. These are all generalizations made by society. As seen in most Hispanic cultures men are supposed to be tough and provide for the family. They are seen as the head of the household. The older