Chicana Movement
Chicana Movement
During the late 1960’s many Chicana’s gathered to protest equal rights against the world. To be exact during 1971 Chicanas all over the country came together to speak out about having free rights to their body when it came to abortions, twenty four hour childcare, and most of all sexism and marriage. Chicana women are the most oppressed nationality, workers, and just simply as the women they are. In the Hispanic or Latino culture there is a lot of “machismo” where it is considered that the woman should clean, cook, take care of the children, and be available to their spouse as they please. It doesn’t matter if she works the same hours as he does or if she’s in school full time, she still has to go home and do every chore on the list while the man lays back. It is an everyday struggle for most of these women since sexism is something basically taught and understood by the culture, just the way it works. Chicanas wanted to be seen as equal, not as lower than men, that is why they also fought for equal rights in pay. There’s the big stereotypical issue in Latino culture where the man is the boss of the house and women are basically there to just serve as he pleases and to not have an opinion. This is a big issue still going on today, women are not seen as equal still and even though we have come a long way there is still many chains that have to be broken. Chicana women do not want to feel oppressed anymore but more like liberated in a culture who’s mindset is still very close-minded. As a Hispanic/Latino culture we should not put women behind men, but more to his side to be equal, the old concept of having the woman in the kitchen and ready to bare babies should be a long lost memory in the minds of these men.
During the late 1960’s many Chicana’s gathered to protest equal rights against the world. To be exact during 1971 Chicanas all over the country came together to speak out about having free rights to their body when it came to abortions, twenty four hour childcare, and most of all sexism and marriage. Chicana women are the most oppressed nationality, workers, and just simply as the women they are. In the Hispanic or Latino culture there is a lot of “machismo” where it is considered that the woman should clean, cook, take care of the children, and be available to their spouse as they please. It doesn’t matter if she works the same hours as he does or if she’s in school full time, she still has to go home and do every chore on the list while the man lays back. It is an everyday struggle for most of these women since sexism is something basically taught and understood by the culture, just the way it works. Chicanas wanted to be seen as equal, not as lower than men, that is why they also fought for equal rights in pay. There’s the big stereotypical issue in Latino culture where the man is the boss of the house and women are basically there to just serve as he pleases and to not have an opinion. This is a big issue still going on today, women are not seen as equal still and even though we have come a long way there is still many chains that have to be broken. Chicana women do not want to feel oppressed anymore but more like liberated in a culture who’s mindset is still very close-minded. As a Hispanic/Latino culture we should not put women behind men, but more to his side to be equal, the old concept of having the woman in the kitchen and ready to bare babies should be a long lost memory in the minds of these men.