"Men are better than women" Pshh..yeah.

I touched on gender differences between Spanish and English in The First Conversation: Part II. My Conversation Partner spoke about how the women are still belittled in many settings in Mexico, as if they are less capable than doing anything that a man does. The women are expected to take care of the family and the home. In many cases women are laughed at for ‘attempting’ to do things that men do. The women are expected to do as they are told. My Conversation Partner expressed her appreciation of the liberties that women have in this country.

There is a term in Spanish: ‘machista’ which really means (in my own words): a man who believes that he has the control over the women and that they have more power. These ‘machista’ are still very common (and accepted) in the Mexican culture.