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Gender Roles In Honduras
As Honduras is known for having a patriarchy system in place, the roles of gender are quite prominent. Honduras continues the tradition of machismo and marianismo culture especially throughout rural areas of the country. This sets the tone for the gender roles within Honduras. Marianismo represents the female role in which is modeled after the Virgin Mary. Therefore, the expectation of women are to become mothers and wives and stay at home to procreate, tend to the needs of their husbands, oversee and take care of household duties. In addition, exemplify the characteristics of being pure, humble, emotional, complacent, submissive, and obedient to their husbands. In contrast, machismo represents the males role which consist of extreme masculinity and male dominance. As males are supposed to embody characteristics such as physical strength, courage, and self-confidence. Along with these characteristics the males are required to be the protector of his family and the only financial provider. As a result men dominate the public sphere while woman are supposed conform and adhere to the realm of the domestic sphere. Subsequently, woman are not allowed to participate in traditional male positions in society. In which forces the male to be the head of the household and the main provider. This also gives men the right to make important decisions over women such as when they may procreate, how many children women may have, when and how many daily chores shall be done, if they may receive education and rather or not they may enter he workforce.

Women's Rights
Through the Decree No. 29 of 1995, Honduran women political rights, their right to vote, and political activity were finally achieved. However it was until 1957 were Honduran women were officially allowed to participate in national elections under the term of Ramon Villleda Morales. Some stipulations on women's ability to vote included that only women who were able to read could have this new found right to vote. In which still hindered majority of the women's population due to them being in the domestic sphere and not having attained high levels of education, therefore making most women illiterate at the time.

Violence Against Honduran Women
An estimated 27 percent of Honduran women report that they have endured some form of physical violence throughout their lives. The forms of violence that Honduran women have gone through include physical injuries, domestic violence, rape, and homicide. Yet the Public Prosecutors office recognizes twenty-five forms of violence inflicted upon Honduran women. The violence against women in Honduras is due to multiple reasons which include gender norms, poverty, militarization, drug trafficking, and inequality. As a result, from the years 2005 through 2013, the numbers of violent death arose by two hundred and sixty-three percent. Which made the rate of violent deaths of Honduran women increase from 2.7 in 2005 to 14.6 in 2013. This increase of violent deaths is greater than the total amount of homicide rates in countries that are currently engaged in a war zone or armed conflict.