Life of country people in Honduras (campesinos)
In "Taming Macho Ways," Elvia Alvarado describes uneasy life of campesinos people, especially women. They work as much as men. They do any task except ones that demand physical strength, and only because women always either nursing or pregnant. Moreover, men make womens' life even harder by drinking, mistreating them, not helping them out with household issues and having a demanding attitude. The author tries to identify the source of campesinos troubles and suggests some ways to resolve their problems. Elvia believes that changes must be done on governmental level as well as on personal level. She uses her personal experience as an example. She reveals that she had bad habits as gossiping and flirting with married men, but she changed due to better education.
Critical Questions
1. Should police be more involved with fights between husbands and wifes or fights must be resolved on family level?
2. Is there such a thing as woman's tasks and man's tasks?
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