fueled days and late nights. Even when my mother finally went through with a divorce my dad would try to “win” her back with reminders of how taboo divorce is to their religion and culture.
Both machismo and marianismo cultures also emphasize the sexuality of men and women. Marianismo females are expected to have only one sexual partner, none before or outside of marriage while Machismo sexual behavior is a source of pride for males and men must prove their manliness by upholding their sexual dominance. In terms of machismo, males have an “expansive and almost uncontrollable” sexual appetite (stanford.edu) and it is their right to satisfy that desire in the ways they choose. Extramarital affairs are the primary way in which males prove their …show more content…
The first is that they must be submissive to the men in their lives, whether father, brother, or husband, and must always take what they wish into consideration even when making decisions about their own selves. An example of this is in the article “The Latino Community: The Culture, Values, and Behaviors” where the author, Lester Long Jr, states, “I once read where a young Latino female was in therapy and the therapist suggested that the young women take a particular course of action. The young women replied ‘I must first ask my father’. The therapist replied ‘you are over 18 you can make your own decisions’. The young women never returned to therapy”. Even when making medical decisions about themselves, they must ask the head male in their life, meaning they have no rights to themselves and are thus seen as property to own and control to the male’s liking. This can be extremely dangerous as the article “The Hispanic family and male-female relationships: an overview” explains that many Hispanic cultures struggle with untreated HIV because the health risks are exacerbated by such cultural factors as male dominance, female modesty, and the practice of keeping problems within the family. The second discussion that is brought up in both articles is that traditional women's roles includes being a housewife and mother, and although they are to be respected, are just that, a simple …show more content…
YouTube is also another popular social media where, ironically, Hispanic males like “SUPEReeeGO” have become famous for their over exaggerated portrayal of big breasted Hispanic women as bimbo mothers, crazy maids, and simple housewives. In their article, “User-Generated Racism: An Analysis of Stereotypes of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians in YouTube Videos,” Guo and Summer Harlow describe YouTube as a form of alternative media that groups like African Americans, women, and immigrants turn to because they are “excluded from the mainstream media, political, social and cultural fringe” (283). Yet when Guo and Harlow analyzed the role of YouTube in the production or maintenance of racial stereotypes by using keywords in the YouTube search engine such as “Black, Latino, African-American, Blacks, Asians, etc.” They found that among the videos containing Latinos, almost 100 percent of them not only failed to challenge negative stereotypes but they even reinforced them. They also concluded that the same racial stereotypes emphasized in mainstream media were also popular in YouTube videos. Not only did YouTube serve to reinforce stereotypes but it also contributed to furthering the second most common Hispanic stereotype, the woman as an
Both machismo and marianismo cultures also emphasize the sexuality of men and women. Marianismo females are expected to have only one sexual partner, none before or outside of marriage while Machismo sexual behavior is a source of pride for males and men must prove their manliness by upholding their sexual dominance. In terms of machismo, males have an “expansive and almost uncontrollable” sexual appetite (stanford.edu) and it is their right to satisfy that desire in the ways they choose. Extramarital affairs are the primary way in which males prove their …show more content…
The first is that they must be submissive to the men in their lives, whether father, brother, or husband, and must always take what they wish into consideration even when making decisions about their own selves. An example of this is in the article “The Latino Community: The Culture, Values, and Behaviors” where the author, Lester Long Jr, states, “I once read where a young Latino female was in therapy and the therapist suggested that the young women take a particular course of action. The young women replied ‘I must first ask my father’. The therapist replied ‘you are over 18 you can make your own decisions’. The young women never returned to therapy”. Even when making medical decisions about themselves, they must ask the head male in their life, meaning they have no rights to themselves and are thus seen as property to own and control to the male’s liking. This can be extremely dangerous as the article “The Hispanic family and male-female relationships: an overview” explains that many Hispanic cultures struggle with untreated HIV because the health risks are exacerbated by such cultural factors as male dominance, female modesty, and the practice of keeping problems within the family. The second discussion that is brought up in both articles is that traditional women's roles includes being a housewife and mother, and although they are to be respected, are just that, a simple …show more content…
YouTube is also another popular social media where, ironically, Hispanic males like “SUPEReeeGO” have become famous for their over exaggerated portrayal of big breasted Hispanic women as bimbo mothers, crazy maids, and simple housewives. In their article, “User-Generated Racism: An Analysis of Stereotypes of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians in YouTube Videos,” Guo and Summer Harlow describe YouTube as a form of alternative media that groups like African Americans, women, and immigrants turn to because they are “excluded from the mainstream media, political, social and cultural fringe” (283). Yet when Guo and Harlow analyzed the role of YouTube in the production or maintenance of racial stereotypes by using keywords in the YouTube search engine such as “Black, Latino, African-American, Blacks, Asians, etc.” They found that among the videos containing Latinos, almost 100 percent of them not only failed to challenge negative stereotypes but they even reinforced them. They also concluded that the same racial stereotypes emphasized in mainstream media were also popular in YouTube videos. Not only did YouTube serve to reinforce stereotypes but it also contributed to furthering the second most common Hispanic stereotype, the woman as an