Gender Stereotypes In Latina

It talked about how United States government and stereotypes are viewing Latina reproduction as out of control. I feel like Latina women have a higher sexuality rate then what the article says. It states that white women have a higher sexuality rate. That Latina girls in the United States usually follow their cultural norms to the fullest, but it seems like more Latinas have more children than white girls. It’s said that because they follow their cultural norms that it leads to the lower sexuality rate. I believe that when immigrants or non-whites start to follow America’s norms they fall into sexual relations earlier than they would have in their native country. So, whose fault is this? I say the media and T.V have a lot to do with how women
portray their bodies and what they think is right. Also, the government puts pressure on women to be more like the wealthier people in America. Even to look like the wealthier and to act like them. The wealthier people stereotypically “whites”. I think that the people who are non- whites strive to be more like the way American society wants. I believe that this leads to them being more sexually active, to fit in. study focused on popular magazines and how they have perpetuated the myths surrounding Latina reproduction and threat of Latina and Mexican immigration to the US. Another fact is that Mexican women were said to want less children than American women. A Glass Half Empty also addressed how opportunity effects how women and society view motherhood and childbearing. At the end of the article it shows how various outside factors affect fertility rates. It draws attention to the cultural, social and economic factors influencing women’s decisions relating to fertility. It shows the analysis of the study results that “several factors influence the number of children women have. Age, education and marital status consistently predict whether women have more or less children.”