Marianismo

Marianismo derives from Roman Catholic and Hispanic American beliefs about Mary, mother of Jesus, providing a supposed ideal of true femininity as the "absolute role model" for adult and young Hispanic/Latina women.[1]

Marianismo is a Hispanic term that describes an ideal of true femininity with characteristics derived from the devotional cult of St. Mary of Guadalupe, a central figure of Roman Catholicism in Mexico. It defines standards for the female gender role in Hispanic American folk cultures, and is strictly intertwined with machismo and Roman Catholicism.[1]

Marianismo revolves around the veneration for feminine virtues like interpersonal harmony, inner strength, self-sacrifice, family, chastity, and morality among Hispanic/Latina women.[1][2][3] More ideals regarding the female gender role held within marianismo in Hispanic American culture include those of feminine passivity, sexual purity, and self-silencing.[1][2][3][4] Evelyn Stevens, political scientist, states: "[I]t teaches that women are semi-divine, morally superior to and spiritually stronger than men."[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d Morales, Alejandro; Pérez, Oscar Fernando Rojas (18 September 2020). "Marianismo". In Carducci, Bernardo J.; Mio, Jeffrey S.; Nave, Christopher S.; Riggio, Ronald E. (eds.). The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences: Clinical, Applied, and Cross-Cultural Research. Vol. IV. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 247–251. doi:10.1002/9781119547181.ch306. ISBN 9781119057475. S2CID 243045231.
  2. ^ a b Nuñez, Alicia; González, Patricia; Talavera, Gregory A.; Sanchez-Johnsen, Lisa; Roesch, Scott C.; Davis, Sonia M.; Arguelles, William; Womack, Veronica Y.; Ostrovsky, Natania W.; Ojeda, Lizette; Penedo, Frank J.; Gallo, Linda C. (November 2016). "Machismo, Marianismo, and Negative Cognitive-Emotional Factors: Findings From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study". Journal of Latinx Psychology. 4 (4). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association: 202–217. doi:10.1037/lat0000050. eISSN 2163-0070. ISSN 2168-1678. PMC 5102330. PMID 27840779. S2CID 3432059.
  3. ^ a b Da Silva, Nicole; De La Rosa, Mario; Dillon, Frank R.; Ertl, Melissa M.; Verdejo, Toni R. (May 2018). "Marianismo Beliefs, Intimate Partner Violence, and Psychological Distress Among Recently Immigrated, Young Adult Latinas". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36 (7–8). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications: 3755–3777. doi:10.1177/0886260518778263. eISSN 1552-6518. ISSN 0886-2605. LCCN sf93092056. OCLC 12879051. PMID 29806565. S2CID 44121465.
  4. ^ Kosmicki, Mia (September 2017). "Marianismo Identity, Self-Silencing, Depression and Anxiety in Women from Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica/Marianismo, auto-silenciamiento, depresión y ansiedad en mujeres de Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica". UNED Research Journal. 9 (2). San José, Costa Rica: Universidad Estatal a Distancia: 202–208. doi:10.22458/urj.v9i2.1895. eISSN 1659-441X. S2CID 55332980. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ Evelyn P. Stevens, "Marianismo: la otra cara del machismo en Latino-América"; in: Ann Pescatelo, Hembra y macho en Latino-América: Ensayos., Edición Diana, México 1977, p.123.
  6. ^ Navarro, Marysa (2002). "Against Marianismo". Gender's Place. pp. 257–272. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-12227-8_13. ISBN 978-1-4039-6040-5.

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