Susan Kennedy Grand Canyon University Nursing 502 September 22‚ 2010 > Cultural diversity is a concept that is of increasing importance in the delivery of quality health care. It is this cultural awareness that allows healthcare professionals to see the entire picture of the patient and thus improves quality of care and healthcare outcomes The cultural values of specific ethnic groups have a direct influence on how they perceive healthcare‚ how and when they seek healthcare and how
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Traditionally in Latin American culture‚ women did not have the same rights as men. This is because in Latin America is ruled by patriarchal cultures in which men are in control and women are treated as if they are second class citizens. This is a mentality that many Latin American countries around the world have towards women. Women did not revolt against this until the 20th century when woman’s suffrage and social movements became more prominent and women demanded the rights that men had. Some
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In her essay‚ “The Deconstruction of the Male-Rescuer Archetype‚” Carolina Fernandez emphasizes how the figure of a “male-hero” has evolved and changed overtime. Fernandez supports her main argument using Spanish fairy tales to oppose the strong-traditional vision of Machoism and demonstrate how women do not need a figure of a hero or rescuer‚ since they can free themselves and become independent. Although some of the fairy tales used as examples had a male rescuer‚ her main argument demonstrates
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When he stated that “ Killing is only machismo taken to the extreme.” He was saying that people killed to show their power and how they would do anything to keep
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A Comparative Study on Gender-Based Violence in Mexico and Saudi Arabia James Adrian S. Amparado A Comparative Study on Gender-Based Violence in Mexico and Saudi Arabia This is a double-country study‚ comparing a conservative Christian country and a conservative Islamic country in terms of the root cause of violence against gays and the response of the government to the said violence. The study will assess which government is more effective in responding to the said violence and to
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of a Hip Hop feminist Who would think that listening to hip hop music one would be influenced to live‚ think‚ and act a certain way? Joan Morgan’s “Fly Girls‚ bitches‚ and hoes: Notes of a Hip Hop feminist”‚ argues that the rampant sexism and machismo in hip hop music is the fault of both African American men and women and damages the larger African community. She compares hip hop music to an abusive relationship. She states that hip hop music is the only way in which young black men are allowed
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endure constant harassment. However they still worked these factory jobs despite this. With nine essays dealing with various countries the writers make use o the testimonies of the women who go against the typical life of a woman in the world of machismo. Included in this boo are conversations of past themes that are rarely spoken of. These include motherhood and the working woman in industrialized world. Let’s start with the beginning. In the opening of the book the authors express the reasons
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Machismo is defined as strong or aggressive masculine pride‚ where men are allowed to have different partners‚ women‚ on the other hand‚ are only allowed to have one partner and it cannot be outside of the marriage; it’s also a way for men to express their
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more rights than African‚ Native America‚ Mestizo‚ and Mulatto women such as the right to litigation‚ the right to divorce if they felt they were being mistreated and abused in their marriage‚ and the right to own property. However‚ the ideas of “machismo” maintained the superiority of men over women in the patriarchal society of Iberia and colonial Latin America while women were raised on the ideas of “marianismo” which meant to act like the
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Mexico Americans should refrain from calling themselves "Americans." Mexicans consider themselves Americans too since the whole continent is called America. Another part of Mexican culture that may be shocking to American’s traveling there is the way machismo is verbalized by male members of Mexican society. Making sexual or derogatory remarks at women is a typical part of the culture and should not be seen as harassment. Wearing a wedding band and mentioning children usually will stop these types of
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