This week we read a poem “Machismo Is Part of Our Culture” by Marcela Christine Lucero-Trujillo in which she makes the connection that Machismo is part of our culture at the title ensures. Men are to remind the women that machismo is part of the culture in which we grew up in. The women is to be submissive to the male and just be vulnerable towards them. Lucero-Trujillo also touches upon how the men are the bosses to the women in our culture, however, if a gringa were to pass right in front of the male he would bow down to her.

In the article that I found online Family, Machismo, and Cultural Change by Ricardo B. Salinas, he has a different perspective on Machismo in our culture. Salinas points that there should be a stop in Machismo, and although in wanting to create an end to Machismo he will be called out on by other male he does not have any problem with. In getting rid of Machismo one should appreciate the work that women do in society. He mentions this concept of the “nuclear family in the society”, this image of a perfect family in which there is a male, female, and children. However, states that not all families are perfect. In some cases there are broken families in which the male is no longer present in the picture. Instead of blaming the women for the man leaving one should admire her, and acknowledge her work. We should also learn to honor the single mothers that are working hard to provide food for their children, and also to those mothers that are still trying to achieve higher education. If we continue to focus on Machismo and the negativity it causes in our culture then there will be no cultural change in society. Although this article talked about rather getting rid of Machismo instead of being remembered that Machismo is part of our culture, I personally agree with Salinas women should be taken into consideration as hard workers as well.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ricardo-b-salinas/family-machismo-and-cultural_b_4157544.html