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[5] [6] From an early age, Guatemalan women are told to embody marianismo–a role requiring them to be faithful, family-oriented, and submissive. [11] [12] For instance, women's roles consist of performing household duties and caring for the children, whereas men are the patriarchs and breadwinners of their households.
Ambiguity regarding the term "feminism" has created difficulties for the Caribbean Feminist Movement. [1] Some feminists argue that it is necessary that the movement confront the skewed hierarchy which continues to exist and shape the relations between men and women, and as a result, women's status and access to goods and resources within society. [1]
Women in the Caribbean's role as child-bearer and nurture extended to the dual role. Women's role has resulted in the addition of instrumental tasks. Women were obligated to maintain the duties of the household due to the increase in male emigration towards the end of the century of slavery (Anderson 1986).
"The Historical Background to the Culture of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago", Caribbean Review of Gender Studies, A Journal of Caribbean Perspectives on Gender and Feminism, Issue 4, 2010, The University of the West Indies Institute of Gender and Development Studies, 16 pp. James-Sebro, Meryl.
A Honduran girl. Honduran traditional societal norms dictate a primarily domestic role for girls and women. Traditional gender roles have men dominating the public sphere and women occupying the domestic sphere: it is very taboo for women to participate in what are believed to be traditionally male positions in society.
The countries of the Caribbean have a history of universal access to primary education and widely available secondary schooling. The Caribbean however, paints a different picture of gender and education than most of the other places in the world. [24] With the improvements in economy female education level started following U-shape path. [25]
Gender ideology in Guyana parallels the Anglo-Protestant ideal of men as breadwinners and women as caregivers which was established during the colonial period and is seen throughout the Caribbean. Government policy has focused on women in the domestic sphere , and decision-making has been tied to welfare rather than development.
The progressive policies implemented by the government of Juan Bosch in 1963 allowed women to begin to organize their grassroots movements at different levels of society. Decades later, in the early 90s, women's organizations in the Dominican Republic began to demand greater inclusion in elections.