Real Women Have Curves Answer these before you view the film and make sure to convert this Word file to a Google doc. I want your answers here in Google classroom, no exceptions and it is due by Thursday, tomorrow. 1. How do culture, family, and the generation gap play a role in your life and future? They play a huge role in my life, especially culture. For the Mexican culture is always the men going to work and the women taking care of the house and the kids. There is machismo in the culture that the women are supposed to do everything. It plays a role because some family members still go through that. As for in the public women are paid less for the same job. I think that is unfair that women go through that. Women get paid less and it plays a role in my life because it's always the man that gets paid more. The reason why it plays a role is because in a few years I will be …show more content…
Such as the topic of illegal immigration. There's is always things that many people say about illegal immigrants. Like they steal jobs, that they shouldn’t be here and all these issues occurring today. It affects me the most because they are my parents and they came here for a better life for their family. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them. Over there in Mexico is way different than it is here. I don’t like that many people always say bad stuff of immigrants when they actually help the economy. For me, it is hard to deal with these social issues because of my parents. People get to say that they should deport everyone but they don’t think about the families. They only think about themselves because it's not affecting their family. Now that there's a new president that wants to deport anyone it's been hard because all of the families were separated. Also, that he always touched on that topic that people start talking about it all the time. They have still not resolved, I’ve still deal with this
The scene was acquired from the play Real Women Have Curves by Josefina Lopez. The characters are five Latina, overweight women by the names of Ana, Estela, Carmen, Pancha, and Rosali. Carmen is the mother of Ana and Estela, so the sewing factory these women work could be a family business, since the owner of the factory is Estela. Therefore, being a factory on stage for this scene probably in the past because from the scene, you can tell there is no air conditioning and they are sewing the material themselves. They also mention “La Migra” and how most of them had papers and some didn’t. In addition, the scene begins with Ana, undressing herself due to the unbearable heat. The women start picking on her because of her fat however Ana doesn’t seem to care because she loves her body and doesn’t need to be treated as a sexual object. The other women join the conversation and conclude undressing themselves comparing body parts to examine who has the worst overweight condition (which seems to be the conflict yet sets the mood to a comedic one). They end feeling
While most movies of the 2000s somehow spoke about sex among young adults, for the first time the emphasis is on the virginity of a Mexican American female. In part this topic is not discussed openly, it is only discussed awkwardly in a mother to daughter conversation. This movie opens the eye to many families conservative other this matter, Ana’s mother openly shames her daughter to losing her virginity to a random person which was not the case. In this scene, rather than have a heartwarming conversation with her daughter she is angry possibly at her daughter but possibly at herself for not knowing what her daughter was doing. Ana is prepared to lose her virginity and is responsible to purchase contraceptives something also talked about but mostly whispered in the chicano community. Ana states that women get pregnant not because they are having sex but because they are having it unprotected or don’t know how to use different methods of contraceptive. The talk among Mexican American families is not how to use contraceptives rather it is do not get pregnant or “ELSE”. Real Women Have Curves shows that the real problem is not getting pregnant it is the lack of communication Mexican American women have with their
It seems that every sibling doesn’t always have a great relationship with their older or younger siblings. In the movie “Real Women Have Curves”, we have two sisters, Anna and Estella,who seem not to get along in the beginning because of their differences, but at the end they become the best of friends because they have similar dreams and learn to support each other. The advantage of Anna and Estella’s relationship is that they benefit from each other. The whole story is that you don’t always realize how much you have in common with your siblings until you realize that you have similar dreams and can be there for each other.
Class, gender, race, and ethnicity play important roles in the film “Real Women Have Curves” by Patricia Cardoso. Ana is the main character and is portrayed as a Hispanic/Latino teenager finishing her senior year of high school. Having grown up in a Roman Catholic house hold, her family expects her to stay home and take care of the family and eventually get married and start a family of her own soon. However, Ana has different plans for herself and does not want to follow traditions and beliefs that her mother tries to force against her.
Why the family is considered the most important agent of socialization? What caused the dramatic changes to the American family? What are those changes? Describe the differences in marriage and family life that are linked to class, race, gender, and personal choice. Do you feel the trend toward diverse families is positive or negative? If the trend changed toward traditional (pre-World War II) families, how would that affect women’s rights?
Mexican men are independent because they are the main bread winner. They are powerful or maybe influential because they are expected to find work and be the main source of the household. For example, they are responsible for bringing food to the table, taking care of the family and making sure everything is fine. American men are very similar to Mexican men but they tend to be more dominant. Women in the other hand are dependent because they depend on their husband to do all the masculine work. Mexican women are submissive as well because they are the ones to be obedient and do what their husbands expects them to do. For instances, they are expected to have the house cleaned and food ready by the time their husband gets home from work. Now in the United States, women are used to working. They are. It expected to have the house clean nor food ready at a certain time because they are out of the house working. They pay their own bills, pay for the household food and do what some Mexican men are expected to do in
My readings suggest the Hispanic culture gender roles are very common and strict. Starting early in life children are taught to follow the strict guidelines of their gender (American Home Resources, 2010). There exists three common gender specific scripts in Hispanic culture; females can either be “Marianismo” or “Hembrismo”, and, males are classified as “Machismo”. The two female roles differ greatly; “Marianismo” defines behaviors of women as being obedient, dependent and caring for their children. The “Hembrismo” role stresses a female’s strength to persist through life’s difficulties; however, this role is not accepted widely in their culture. The “Machismo” role describes behaviors of men as being dominant and independent. This role views the man as being in charge of the family. (Peñalosa,
We tend to be like those around us that have the same values and beliefs. So we also tend to do the same things and are raised the same way. Marrying into an Anglo family, this family does not have the close family relations that my Mexican family has. Some Anglo families may, although not to the extent of Mexican households. If you have ever seen My Big Greek Fat Wedding, well this is how Mexican families tend to live their lives, always in each other’s business. I don’t see much of this in my husband’s family and for me, it was a huge adjustment. There almost seems to be a distance and lives are not shared. Where Mexican women think family is most important, Anglo women think family is important, but so is the status. Anglo women seek it all; they want family and career; although not an impossible task, it can take away from family time. “Since prestige, power, and self-esteem are not derived from achieved status to as great an extent among Mexicans, employment is more crucial to psychological well-being for Anglo women than form Mexican” (Ross et al. 1983). Inequality among races shows that Mexicans take immense pride in the household chores while Anglos take great pride in status. By tradition, Mexican women are praised and revered for their roles as homemakers. This view is a status of prestige that is very respected in the Hispanic community. “Ministering mothers are respected revered and recognized important figures despite their alleged low status in the family” (Mirande, 1977:752). On the other hand, “Anglo women are not in traditional homes where the wife receives prestige for her role in family, yet they are not in nontraditional homes where the husband and wife share the work (both outside and inside the home) equally” (Ross et al. 1983). As stated earlier Mexican women in the roles of homemakers in their home are viewed as pillars of strength and respect in their homes and
Before I analyze how my social location has influenced my experiences, I need to talk about my family’s demographic characteristics in comparison to our community and the larger U.S. society: In my hometown, Asians make up the third largest racial group (23%). Whites make up 51.3% and H...
The conflict between the intergeneration is a direct representation of the Western society. Vu & Rook (2013) stated “The second generation Vietnamese Americans experience supportive behaviors (e.g., affirmation of worth, provision of advice or assistance) and conflictual behaviors (e.g., criticism, failure to provide needed assistance, excessive demands) while acculturating” (p.228). Some of the families are less likely to accept the acculturation of the young to the Western society causing a lack of
In today’s society it appears to be that both genders have certain traditional roles. We see these things every day, everywhere one goes, and even on television. Women have always been known to be the weaker gender. They are the ones who shouldn’t hve a real paying job. According to men, the womens “job” is to sit at home all day doing chorse such as cooking, cleaning, washing, and taking care of everyone else. Men are known to be the strong gender, “The Boss.” Women and men have stereotype gender roles. Women are as strong, if not stronger than me. They are capable of doing the same things men do.
In the workplace, women do not receive the same benefits that men do. Some women do the same job, for the same amount of hours, and still do not receive the same pay for their work. Is there a specific reason behind this? No, it is just one of the many inequalities that goes on on the job. As pointed out in the essay by Susan Faludi, Blame it on Feminism, women earn less. The average women’s paycheck is twenty percent less than their male counterparts. Men with only high school education’s make more than some women who have graduated college. Most women are still working the traditional “female” jobs: secretaries, teachers, and nurses for example. Construction work, engineering, and doctor’s, are considered “out of our reach” and men’s jobs. Women are very capable of doing these jobs, but most times when applying for a “man’s job” are not taken seriously. American women are more likely not to receive health insurance and twice as likely not to draw pension then American men. They face the biggest gender-biased pay gap in the world.
Main Point 1: Our generation do not have time to spent with their family, but they spent most of the time with friends.
In the 21st Century, the United States is home to many different types of family structures. Please describe your immediate family, noting its unique or traditional elements. How do you contribute to your family 's
However, the male gender distinctly has a larger variety of rights and opportunities in contradistinction to females. An example of this is, even in developed countries such as the UK, a gender pay gap of 15% exists with women on average earning £5,000 less a year than their male colleagues. The percentage of the gender pay gap is even greater for part-time jobs, going up to 35%. There can be no acceptable justification for this as your gender should not determine how much you get paid for a job. Women are being paid less for working efficiently for the same hours simply because they are women. Your gender defines you biologically, some may say emotionally (which again is an overlooked issue of gender inequality) but in no way does it determine how competent you are at a job. Without a doubt, there are males in a workplace who lack sufficient amount of knowledge and skill to be in the position they are currently at but are simply handed that position for the reason that their opposition is a female. In many cases, jobs which require similar skills, experiences and qualifications, pay workers less if dominated by women rather than men since men are seen as being more efficient than women for physical tasks. This shows again how a human’s gender brews up unfair