Gender Roles In El Salvador

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A developing country that continually shows growth will soon with time become a developed country, however, the situation could go both ways for El Salvador. On the western side of the hemisphere in Central America lies a country Southwest of Guatemala and Southeast of Honduras, namely El Salvador. Although El Salvador is a very small country in comparison to other members of Central America, it was not forgotten by the Conquistadors ultimately making El Salvador become one of Spain’s colonies. However, El Salvador finally achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and complete independence in 1839 after the failure of the Central American Federation (Factbook). Usually, the economic sector in El Salvador consists of a free-trade economy as most …show more content…

As a result of this norm, more feminists who recognize the “systematic disadvantage” (Cahill 206) that women face daily in other countries is the reason why many feminists believe governments should oppose typical gender roles and gender stereotypes by protecting the rights of women. However, culture is always subject to change thus, leading developing countries who have neglected the rights of women to improve due to the global influence of other countries who have gender equality. This, in turn, leads countries to be “forced” to accept feminist agendas who “hold[ing] these patterns… to change them, and thus to change the realities that they produce” (Cahill 208). Not only does gender affect social issues but it also has progressed onto the economic sector for business as well, making gender a multifaceted topic for any …show more content…

Although this job isn’t exclusive to women it includes a few men, the men who mostly work as a viajeras do not suffer from lower pay and the stigma people get when speaking of a traveling woman. These women are reforming roles in El Salvador since most of the traits associated with that type of work are “constant travel away from the home, financial and personal risks, physical stress…linked to traditionally male occupations in El Salvador” (Garni 166). These women have been able to move forward due to global citizens since viajeras travel and carry ideas from the United States to El Salvador by

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