Communication Between Genders In MexicoMexicans have very traditional and defined patterns of communication based on Machismo;
• Men make all major decisions and are responsible for welfare and honor of family • Man even have the right to answer questions on behalf of his wife wife on social occasions • marianismo is an important word in Mexican culture that means women are spiritually superior to men, but the negative aspect of this is that they must endure all suffering that men have produced • A women's personality is expected to be full of maternal instinct, gentle, modest, sentimental, dependent and submissive • A mothers duty is considered self sacrifice as they deny themselves on behalf of the family and are devoted to their family and home. How ever the positive side is that mothers hold the up most respect and are a very influential and powerful member of the family. They are the head of the home and maintain house hold matters, but are reluctant to challenge their husbands authority
This male dominance is beginning to shift to equality as women are starting to break free from their traditional social constraints. This explained on http://worldsavvy.org/monitor/index.php?option=com_content&id=649&Itemid=1119 "In the past forty to fifty years, however, the role of women has been shifting, even though there has been little perceived shift in male attitudes.
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