We live in a century where we go about our day without ever reflecting on our constant hard work. Society has trained us to believe that our mission in life is to simply seek the highest education possible to eventually obtain a good paying career. But, what we fail to appreciate is the basic concept of why education is truly important for the human race. Throughout our journey, subconsciously we tend to forget the basic educational principles that make us human with regards to seeking an education and that not many people are able to obtain a quality education. There is a fine line between being literate and being educated. Literacy is having the basic factors, which entails knowing how to read and write. Education is being able to utilize
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It becomes even more complicated when it is displayed within Latin American families. But unfortunately, the meaning of the term machismo was altered as people began to separate both genders based on categories. According to expert historians, the roots of machismo can be traced back as far as ancient Rome. But, it only becomes important to discuss the establishment of the term machismo using the Spanish conquest of Latin America. First and for most, in order to understand machismo, like any other cultural phenomena, we have to acknowledge that machismo is most likely to change in accordance to the context that is being used. So it would not be the same to talk about machismo in Asia as in Africa or in Latin …show more content…
The forceful contact between these two different cultures then gave rise to a social foundation where it was allowed and expected that the Spanish men treat their Spanish wives as they please. But the Spanish men also sought to establish their power by maintaining sexual relations with those who were of lower social levels most of those women were indigenous. Even after the Mexican Independence in the 19th century, this idea of elite vs. low classes was heavily prevalent among people in this region. After people began separating themselves based on social class it was then that the term machismo was used to refer back to popular heroes and even guerreros (warriors) from previous
It becomes even more complicated when it is displayed within Latin American families. But unfortunately, the meaning of the term machismo was altered as people began to separate both genders based on categories. According to expert historians, the roots of machismo can be traced back as far as ancient Rome. But, it only becomes important to discuss the establishment of the term machismo using the Spanish conquest of Latin America. First and for most, in order to understand machismo, like any other cultural phenomena, we have to acknowledge that machismo is most likely to change in accordance to the context that is being used. So it would not be the same to talk about machismo in Asia as in Africa or in Latin …show more content…
The forceful contact between these two different cultures then gave rise to a social foundation where it was allowed and expected that the Spanish men treat their Spanish wives as they please. But the Spanish men also sought to establish their power by maintaining sexual relations with those who were of lower social levels most of those women were indigenous. Even after the Mexican Independence in the 19th century, this idea of elite vs. low classes was heavily prevalent among people in this region. After people began separating themselves based on social class it was then that the term machismo was used to refer back to popular heroes and even guerreros (warriors) from previous