In the novel House On Mangoes Street by Sandra Cisneros, the women are depicted as weak yet the anchors of the family. For example, Rafaela who has to sacrifice her desires and her wishes so her husband can pursue his. The text states “Rafaela leans out the window and leans on her elbow and dreams like her hair is life Rapunzel’s. On the corner there's music from the bar, and Rafaela wishes she could go there and dance before she gets old.” Women like Rafaela, The Vargas mom, and Esperanza’s grandmother have had to sacrifice their own lives, desires and success in order to accommodate for the man and kids in the house. Another example is “.....Rafaela who is still young but getting old from leaning out the window so much, gets locked indoors
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Like Cisneros, I believe that women are stuck in the same positions time and time again, which is why they are mistreated by men. Eventually these negative actions become stereotypes because recurrence of the same issue. Women face harsh and discriminatory stereotypes mostly in the Latino and Black communities. These women are commonly viewed in negative lights. A recurrent stereotype is *the single mother with to many kids and can't support them* People, many of the Caucasian race, look at these women and see them as unworthy and not deserving of the American dream or any respect. However, they judge this specific group of women and point out their mistakes and flaws, but are naive to the fact that these women are struggling. The treatment of women alone is difficult enough today. We face negative comments such as being sexually and verbally abused. For example our President- Elect Donald Trump had sexually attacked women and is open to talking about it. He is proud of the remarks he made about being abusive to women, but doesn't realize how degrading and intimidating those actions are when a woman hears it. But being an ethnic women is a hundred times as hard than being a white woman. Me as a young woman who is black, has experienced these stereotypes first
Like Cisneros, I believe that women are stuck in the same positions time and time again, which is why they are mistreated by men. Eventually these negative actions become stereotypes because recurrence of the same issue. Women face harsh and discriminatory stereotypes mostly in the Latino and Black communities. These women are commonly viewed in negative lights. A recurrent stereotype is *the single mother with to many kids and can't support them* People, many of the Caucasian race, look at these women and see them as unworthy and not deserving of the American dream or any respect. However, they judge this specific group of women and point out their mistakes and flaws, but are naive to the fact that these women are struggling. The treatment of women alone is difficult enough today. We face negative comments such as being sexually and verbally abused. For example our President- Elect Donald Trump had sexually attacked women and is open to talking about it. He is proud of the remarks he made about being abusive to women, but doesn't realize how degrading and intimidating those actions are when a woman hears it. But being an ethnic women is a hundred times as hard than being a white woman. Me as a young woman who is black, has experienced these stereotypes first