Politics:
From Beast to Beauty
Everyone has heard the story of the Beauty and the Beast,
and for those who haven’t, the story is based around a main character personified
as a beast who falls in love with a witty and pretty girl. By the description
one can tell that the story is solely based around the girl which makes it unfair
for the girls role, this can be juxtaposed to the cultural values that have
been present into many societies. Looking into the Latin American culture, it
is inevitable to see small societies focus their attention, let alone their
social institutions, based on both male and male counterparts: typically being
females. Recently there has been a change in the politics among Latin
Americans. It is now the female Latinas that have been climbing up the democratic
latter and not so much the males.
A great example would be a woman named Viridiana Rios. According
to a news cite named The Economist, Ms. Rios is a thirty two year old activist
who came from a poor neighborhood in Mexico City. She is part of an
organization named NGO and it focuses on obtaining a clean government. Ms. Rios
is one of many females in the Latin Community that have been gaining such
powerful positions in organizations similar to NGO. Below will be an image of
Ms. Rios in a meeting covering present and future goals that she might have in
mind.
This is having a major
impact in the over political spectrum when seen collectively: collective data
showing prestigious positions being taken by females. The impact is not
negative to such extent but it is seen as positive for the female candidates
are developing a more prosperous political system which will eventually set up
a basic structure to which justice can be served to the people: not only this
but an efficient political system will allow better decisions and rules to be
made in order to stabilize and better control society.
Ms. Rios is a good example of a female that has broken
the divide between the work of males and females in society and in culture, but
that example took place in Mexico. What about in the other parts of the Latin
American Community in the United States as well? According to the New York
Times, the Author, Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, wrote an Article titled Latin
America Opens up to Equality, in which she claims that females of the Latin
American community are stepping up and taking up powerful roles in the
political systems present in the United States and in other locations in Latin
America. Some of these locations include Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Cuba. The
list of locations goes on, but one may be asking, why the sudden change?
The change in power position roles is due to a history of
minorities and women in their community speaking against the hegemonic/
patriarchic ideals implemented since the pre-Colombian era. Referring to the
text titled Born in Blood in Fire written by John Charles Chasteen. John speaks
of how patriarchy structured all colonial institutions which eventually
structured and dictated how people lived and formed their culture. As time
changes so do the ideals of the people, and even people change which is why the
old ideals were no longer acceptable to the major populous in Latin American
communities: in this case it is the females because of the change in their
economics, politics, and academics. The said factors opened up opportunities to
future generations of Latin females.
In my personal life I was able to witness my sisters going
got school, finishing college, and obtaining powerful positions in their jobs? This
was not only due to their hard work and dedication but as well as the
generation in which they grew up in. Their generation provided them with the
essential academic tools in order to succeed. In the future, these female Latina's
will open up political doors never experienced by the people.
Reference
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New York Times:
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