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The toxicity of Marianismo tied to the life of Chicanas

Marianismo has been a taught lifestyle for many Chicana women, it is usually enforced in Mexican/ Chicano and Latino households. The term marianismo was influenced by the Virgin Mary essentially taking the term “Maria” and converting it to marianismo. Along with the religiously rooted term also came rigid expectations enforced on women who were expected… Continue reading The toxicity of Marianismo tied to the life of Chicanas