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A study conducted by Herbert Krugman found that in television viewers, the right side of the brain is twice as active as the left side, which causes a state of hypnosis. [22] Research shows that watching television starting at a young age can profoundly affect children's development.
From 1998 to 1999, Guatemala’s state revised the Guatemalan Civil Code to forbid married men from controlling their wives and setting strict provisions. [14] However, gender stereotypes persist in Guatemala, including in the Chocolá community, as families incorporate traditional machismo into their daily lifestyles. [13]
"It's OK to be vulnerable. It's alright to not be hard," the actor emphasizes.
Machismo is depicted as the cult of male strength, which implies being fearless, self-confident, capable of making decisions, and able to support one's family. It also emphasized an acceptance of male dominance over women, including the valorization of Don Juanism, and, in its extreme form, a defense of the traditional division of labor (women ...
For example, in American literature, an example of machismo comes from Tennessee Williams' character Stanley Kowalski, an egotistical brother-in-law, from A Streetcar Named Desire. In the play (and 1951 film adaptation ), Stanley epitomizes the tough, alpha-male (hyper-masculine) archetype , socially and physically dominating and imposing his ...
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One of the internal problems for the Brown Berets was sexism towards the women of the movement, arising from a culture of machismo. [29] Machismo posits a patriarch heading a family, or multiple families for reproductive aims, and does not allow for female-headed families or other variations in family structure except under certain circumstances.