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I have chosen to research machismo in Latin communities (if possible I will focus on the Mexican culture) and how it affects Latin families. I will try to keep my focus on a topic depending on what research is available, but I am hoping to focus on parent-child relations or something along those lines.

I read the information currently available on Wikipedia and there’s more information missing. There was a focus on machismo in Cuban culture, but many Latin cultures experience similarities with machismo. I am not sure if there’s enough research on this topic in general, or if it’ll be appropriate or valid research for Wikipedia’s terms. I think it’s important to contribute to these changes because it’s information the public should be aware of in order to identify these things, and hopefully find solutions to them. At the moment I am thinking about adding to an existing page, which I will link below.

There is a good general overview of information regarding machismo, but it’s still lacking information. For example, the section “Gender roles” briefly discusses how men’s mental health is affected because of machismo, but it doesn’t look into the effects of females that live in machista households or communities. It mentions how women may feel inferior and briefly discusses the tasks that are expected of young girls in a machista household, but it does not discuss the parent-child relationship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machismo#Gender_roles

The section discussing Machismo in Cuba is a general overview of what machismo is, but focuses examples to Cuban machismo. It also gets into discussing the expectation of a woman to remain a virgin and men allowed to be promiscuous. I feel like the article could provide more information with the effects of machismo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machismo#Machismo_in_Cuba

In order to create change we need to discuss the effects of machismo in these communities, and how they can be changed. Machismo is a trait that is passed on from generation to generation, so it’ll be difficult to fully break this cycle, but if we inform the public of the damages caused by machismo we can work on fixing them. I have to look further into research available because it may be difficult finding it, and this may be a reason as to why this information isn’t already listed. I want to add a section whether it be parent-child relationships, effects of machismo, or edit the mental health section.