Machismo

How Gender and/or Sexuality challenge Chicana and Chicano identity The Main Character in Gil Cuadros City of God, does not clearly state his name. In “Indulgences” the main character is the only non-adult sitting at the table when someone says “Eat Gilberto, eat” which is a statement usually associated between an adult and child. Asking Gilberto to eat is similar to parent saying, ‘eat before you go out to play’ and because Gilberto is the youngest at the table it seems appropriate and most…

The protagonist, Walter Mitty copes with his repressed desires by using dreams as an escape from his unfulfilling life; ultimately, showcasing the negative consequences to the superego dominating the ego. In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, James Thurber portrays Mitty’s self-awareness that his desires cannot be accomplished in reality, therefore he needs to repress these desires. As reinforced by his wife, “You’re not a young man any longer” (Thurber 1). Everytime Mitty attempts to re-enact his…

Unfortunately, the aviation industry is ingrained with machismo and a labor force that has been brainwashed to get the job done by any means. Airline pilots by profession fly where few have gone and do what few can do. That said, It all takes a toll on the body. Pilots today are taught to resolve hazardous attitudes such as machismo and feelings of invulnerability. This is easier said than done when you have scheduling trying to extend your duty…

What Do Women Want? In an editorial, by Dennis Prenger, he explains three things that women most desire. Women are questioned a lot about their minds. No one really knows how women really think. Dennis kinda showed us a few things that women actually are looking for. Probably about fifty to sixty percent of of women in the world learn over time that they are with the wrong person. Women desire love and affection from men that don’t really care for that. Women have needs that they want men…

Hector Sanchez Hector Sanchez is 58 years old and is married to Celia. He came to the United States in 1979 as young undocumented agricultural worker. In 1986 he was granted amnesty and given his green card, making him a legal, permanent resident. Hector has never become a citizen, however it has been a goal of his. He has worked very hard his whole life and maintained a steady job with a construction company for the past 18 months. As Hector has gotten older is health has declined. He now…

As mentioned before, machismo was the key male expectation for males, and maintaining control in your family was essential to your masculinity. They would fight and even kill to preserve this balance. This is why they believed that murdering Santiago Nasar, even if he was innocent…

behind closed doors. But once they both sleep with Luisa, they cannot escape that they have tarnished their masculinity, and leave their destined journey. They can not overcome the idea of sleeping together because an ideal machismo would never involve any other men, only women. Machismo is engrained with Mexican culture because many stories of the past display a man’s dominance and bravery. The societal idea of manhood is challenged when they share an intimate moment, and the boys retract…

where women weren’t supposed to have one night stands, rather “females were expected to have only one sexual partner, none before or outside of marriage” (Machismo Sexual Identity). Men were the only ones who could do this which even made their reputation “extramarital affairs are the primary way in which males prove their masculinity” (Machismo Sexual Identity). So for Caridad to do it, it was considered as taboo in this male-dominated society. Caridad had “came home one night as mangles as a…

The fact that Santiago had to mess up his education just to take over his father’s job within the household and not let his mother take the “job”, presents to the reader that men are at the top of the thrown. This gender segregation is known as machismo; along with a man’s…

Throughout my time in middle and high school, I was always surrounded with people like me, minorities but with the dream of succeeding. In high school I have noticed that more, but I have also noticed that something is holding people back. I have groups of friends that were born in the United States, and others were born in Dominican Republic or a Caribbean country. But the point is that whether we were born here, or over there, there are different traditional values pointed to gender roles…