As we drew nearer, they jeered at my friend and I and shouted out what I recognized as sexual slurs even with my very limited knowledge of Spanish. I wondered who those men were and was surprised at being so openly objectified by a large group. Why were they standing idly on the side of the road with Cokes and beers in hand heckling at young girls while women and children were left to carry buckets of water that were half as heavy as they were? For the first time, I grasped the meaning of patriarchal
As we drew nearer, they jeered at my friend and I and shouted out what I recognized as sexual slurs even with my very limited knowledge of Spanish. I wondered who those men were and was surprised at being so openly objectified by a large group. Why were they standing idly on the side of the road with Cokes and beers in hand heckling at young girls while women and children were left to carry buckets of water that were half as heavy as they were? For the first time, I grasped the meaning of patriarchal