Mirande Rirande Gender Roles

We can see that within a family, it is structured to influence each other and see things as normal, and people outside of the immediate family cannot intervene because it is a personal affair. In a book written by Mirande, Mirande goes into his family life and recalls being in Tacuba where it was a small community, but what stood out to him is that he recalls a lot of commotion and the entire neighborhood gathering around his Tío Roberto’s house where there was yelling and screaming—his uncle was drunk and beating his Tía Adriana; Mirande brings up the fact that it is very unusual that another household to intervene in the private affairs of another (Mirande). In a Latino culture, often people will not intervene in personal affairs, which gives males more dominance and control over any situation because nobody is confronting them in defense of the woman. “I find that, for men, breadwinning increases infidelity. For women, breadwinning decreases infidelity. I argue that by remaining faithful, breadwinning women neutralize their gender deviance and keep potentially strained relationships intact” (Munsch). If gender roles were flipped, then infidelity would be decreased, but of course that would take the power away from the men. Latino culture is structured in a way that it gives men the power to do …show more content…
Growing up Mexican/Latino, I have seen that culture enforces the idea that men should be the ones leading, while women are the ones who take orders. I find it intriguing that men are seen as the dominant ones, and I never agreed with that. Growing up, I saw my parents and the way they interacted, and I saw a bit of my family in Santiago’s book, and the sources I have used I have also seen in my own family. I enjoy this topic, and I chose the sources because they do support the idea of male dominance in the Latino