Aspect of the female gender role in the machismo of Hispanic American culture
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]
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^ 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 .
^ 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.
^ 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 .