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"Reproductive labor includes activities such as purchasing household goods, preparing and serving food, laundering and repairing clothing, maintaining furnishings and appliances, socializing children, providing care and emotional support for adults, and maintaining kin and community ties."
While they are working hard with their employers, they are still working in their home especially those mothers who have children. They are expected to keep an eye with their kids, serve their husband and children, do the housekeeping, cook and do the laundry. There is only little time for rest.
The church believed that women especially Chicanas should satisfy and serve the priests and not only that they should be submissive to their husband. They should remain in the house and keep it safe, clean and in order all the time.
Chicana/Mexican were not allowed to become a leader, they cannot rule any organization especially in politics because they look at them as weak and unable to handle complex situation. Men lack respect with the Chicanas because as soon as they join any organization they are taught that Chinanas are only good in bed, can only do clerical works and will only be the right hand of men and nothing more than that. Based on the online source, http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/chicanas/women.htm:
When a freshman male comes to MECHA [Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan -- a Chicano student organization in Californial he is approached and welcomed. He is taught by observation that the Chicanas are only useful in areas of clerical and sexual activities. When something must be done there is always a Chicana there to do the work. "It is her place and duty to stand behind and back up her Macho!"... Another aspect of the MACHO attitude is their...
They play their games, plotting girl against girl for their own benefit.... They use the movement and Chicanismo to take her to bed. And when she refuses, she is a vendida [sell-out] because she is not looking after the welfare of her men.
This kind of belief of men are one of the biggest struggle of the Chicanas, they should think of a way on how to handle men and convince them that women are also human being that should be treated fairly and justly. The Chicanas deserved to be liberated even though they were deprived because of their current status we still need to support them because they are still human being that needs to be treated equally. It took them a lot of strengths to gather and unite so that they can achieve their call for freedom. As long as their behaviors are acceptable and they do not harm other people, Chicanas have all the rights to be free and live in a place they want to be. They ought to be educated, plan for their career and they can even rule any organization or a country as long as they deserve that position.
Bibliography
Krause, B. (Accessed: 2005) "The Economic Exploitation of Chicana Women: How personal struggles led to labor and community activism" [Online] Available at: http://www.wisc.edu/chicanastudies/BrookeKrause.htm
Knothe, N. (Accessed: 2005) "Where is the Recognition? - Chicanas: Reproductive Laborers" [Online] Available at: http://www.wisc.edu/chicanastudies/NicoleKnothe.htm
Vidal, M. (Accessed 2005) "Chicanas Speak Out - Women: New Voice of La Raza" NY: Pathfinder Press, 1971 [Online] Available at: http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/chicanas/women.htm
Wikipedia (2005) "Chicanos" [Online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicana
Bibliography
Krause, B. (Accessed: 2005) "The Economic Exploitation of Chicana Women: How personal struggles led to labor and community activism" [Online] Available at: http://www.wisc.edu/chicanastudies/BrookeKrause.htm
Knothe, N. (Accessed: 2005) "Where is the Recognition? - Chicanas: Reproductive Laborers" [Online] Available at: http://www.wisc.edu/chicanastudies/NicoleKnothe.htm
Vidal, M. (Accessed 2005) "Chicanas Speak Out - Women: New Voice of La Raza" NY: Pathfinder Press, 1971 [Online] Available at: http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/chicanas/women.htm
Wikipedia (2005) "Chicanos" [Online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicana
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