Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
somos machistas, paraguayan perceptions on machismo
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Abstract
Throughout this paper I will argue that the actual real lives and behaviors of Paraguayan men are in contradiction to the discourse of Paraguayans about Paraguayan men. Paraguayans, through their discourse of machismo, have created an ideal type of machismo with carefully constructed categories which defines and describes men’s perceived behaviors. However, throughout the course of my study I found that there was not one Paraguayan man in Asunción who fully inhabited the categories of the ideal machista in Paraguayan society. This paper describes what machismo is in actual Paraguayan society and what the current perceptions of machismo are.
Recommended Citation
Schwartz, Rachel and Thompson, Greg
(2016)
"Somos Machistas: Paraguayan Perceptions on Machismo,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016:
Iss.
1, Article 20.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/20