2004
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000018887.04206.d0
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Negotiating Femininity: Power and Strategies of Mexican American Girls

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“…gender segregated attitudes) predictors of housework. Even though many previous findings about Mexican origin families used culturecentered explanations to explain gender roles (Denner and Dunbar 2004;Gil and Vazquez 1996;Mirandé 1997;Torres et al 2002), we find that for Mexican origin families, housework responds to structural factors in a similar fashion as for Anglo families (Hypothesis 1a). Even though previous research points to culture as the primary determinate of housework for Mexican families, we find that culture (at least in the form of segregated gender role attitudes) does not influence housework differently for Mexican and Anglo families.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 41%
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“…gender segregated attitudes) predictors of housework. Even though many previous findings about Mexican origin families used culturecentered explanations to explain gender roles (Denner and Dunbar 2004;Gil and Vazquez 1996;Mirandé 1997;Torres et al 2002), we find that for Mexican origin families, housework responds to structural factors in a similar fashion as for Anglo families (Hypothesis 1a). Even though previous research points to culture as the primary determinate of housework for Mexican families, we find that culture (at least in the form of segregated gender role attitudes) does not influence housework differently for Mexican and Anglo families.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 41%
“…Family patterns in Mexican origin households are affected by a myriad of factors including national origin and generational status (Landale and Oropesa 2007). As noted above, research on Mexican families often assumes that Mexican cultural ideals of "machismo" and "marianismo" shape rigid gender roles within families, but recently scholars have questioned whether gender roles in Mexican origin families are as rigid and inflexible as the cultural stereotypes imply (Denner and Dunbar 2004;Gil and Vazquez 1996;Mirandé 1997;Torres et al 2002). High levels of family commitment, obligation and cohesion in Mexican families are also assumed to reinforce different family roles for men and women, though this can vary by generational status (Buriel 1993;Coltrane and Valdez 1993).…”
Section: Ethnic Variations In Housework and Gender Relationsmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…For example, Latinos in the United States may draw on roles and expectations from their own culture, while also learning and incorporating the values of fatherhood in America (Cabrera and Coll 2004). Latino families often endorse high masculinity in males (machismo) and self-sacrificing attitudes and familyoriented behaviors in females (marianismo or hembrismo) (Denner and Dunbar 2004), which are reflected in the division of household labor (Pinto and Coltrane 2009). For example, Mexican origin women in the United States do more housework compared to other ethnic groups and support unequal distributions of household labor (McLoyd et al 2000).…”
Section: Focus On Diverse Populationsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Latino families, including Mexicans and Dominicans, have been characterized as endorsing masculine gender attitudes for men (machismo), and family-oriented, self-sacrificing attitudes for women (marianismo or hembrismo) (Denner and Dunbar 2004;Peart et al 2006). These Latino traditional attitudes are often assumed to be associated with gendered arrangements in which men are primarily responsible for economic provisioning and women for children and family (e.g., Ybarra 1982;Denner and Dunbar 2004;Gil and Vazquez 1996). However, the migration process and adjustment to patterns of women's employment and education in the U.S. has also resulted in shifts in patriarchal roles in Dominican and Mexican families (Gutmann 1996;Smith 2005).…”
Section: Fathers and Families From Diverse Ethnic Backgroundsmentioning
confidence: 98%