The inequality between men and women in Honduras largely disadvantages women, stretching far beyond the issue of a 25% wage gap (Nuga and O’kane). However, my parents, consistently involved in social justice causes, always encouraged me to beat the statistics. By the time I was 18 years old, my boyfriend and I had been together for five (5) years; we started dating when he was fifteen (15) and I was fourteen (14). My whole family loved him; in fact, despite of my parents’ religious and conservative views, they allowed me to date him when I was very young. Even though both my grandmother and my mother had to get married when they were 18 and 20, respectively, because they got pregnant due to the “lack of sexual knowledge” (as my mom likes to
