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the social code for women in Colonial Latin America. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in which the colonization took place, their treatment varied from place to place, and from class to class. This is a condition, or reality, that was very evident when speaking
of Latin American women of the colonial times, especially when we understand that there was a very powerful class system associated with the region. The following paper focuses on the
social code for women in colonial Latin America, while also briefly touching on the same focus regarding African women. Social Code for Women in Colonial Latin America In
first examining the conditions we look briefly at the nature of the culture of Latin America as it involves women. One author notes that, "Two themes dominate the discussion about
gender relations in Latin America: Machismo and Marianismo" (Women and Gender in Latin America). With Machismo the focus is an "Ideology and practice of male domination; cult of virility" (Women
and Gender in Latin America). On the other hand we have "Marianismo" which is a "Cult of the Virgin Mary and glorification of motherhood" (Women and Gender in Latin America).
For the most part Latin America has firmly held to the belief that a woman should be, and are, "Self-sacrificing moral guardians of the family" (Women and Gender in
Latin America). They are responsible for raising children and being charge of all domestic tasks. For the peasant lower class woman in Latin America this would mean taking care of
all the domestic chores herself and also taking care of her children. For the upper class it would change slightly as the woman would be in charge of raising her
children and the household, but with the woman not doing much of the work herself. She would be in charge of controlling the servants who dealt with the household duties.
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