Gender Roles In Spain

Spain has a certain socialization structure, and it can be classified into certain classes, such as: the care of infants, the upbringing and education of a child and higher education. Infants and toddlers are generally treated with love, when they do get punished; their punishment is usually ended with affection. Parents teach their children to behave in public by threatening to punish their child in public, but they don’t actually ever punish their children in public. Both the father and mother love their children, but some middle class fathers are known to treat their children who are growing up more seriously than the mothers usually do. The apparel and accessories of babies are usually how other people identify the sex of the baby. When …show more content…
Depending on what region they live in they have different roles. For example, if a couple lived in a rustic area, the man does most of the hard labor while the woman would garden and do things around the house. Some women actually partake in doing a man’s task if necessary, but they would not do certain things, such as plowing. Men also do the women’s task when they have to, like cooking, and some of the men actually like it. A married couple would spend time together and raise their children as partners, but in Spain it is common to enjoy certain activities separately. In some families, the men often get involved in politics, while the woman is involved in raising the kids and do house work. If a family can afford it, they often hire a servant to help with daily things. The Castilian law says that women should inherit just as much property as her brothers. This rule used to be controlled once a woman was married, but women who were not married could do whatever they like with the property. In today’s world, spouses are now equal. A woman could even be an heir in her family, but if she decides to marry an heir, then she lives with him and gives up her power in her family. In Spain, women do not change their last names once they are married, and it is so they can have a different identity from their husband. In the past, the women were know as maintain the household, but today we see women in the business and political …show more content…
Language and media have evolved over the years. It is seen today in the streets of some Spanish regions. Street signs and building names are no longer just in Spanish, but the signs are now the native language of that region. This shows that the country can change, and it shows that they have respect for other people’s language and their culture. Also, media has grown in Spain as well, going from just two television stations to six is a major improvement, and television will only continue to evolve more. These two factors have helped shape the county, by pushing through language and media boundaries; it has only helped shape the country. Spain has been culturally competent to the people of different cultures in their own