User:Mercy11

 THE SUM OF THEIR NATIONAL IDENTITY IS THIS........... 

"The sentimental significance of the use of Spanish as its binding cultural tie; The belief in the integrity of the individual based upon an inner worth, unrelated to worldly status or accomplishment; A humanistic view of the world, with social values put above scientific values; A double sexual standard, with a very strong emphasis on female chastity and a belief in the natural inferiority of women; A much elaborated set of values dealing with maleness and male authority (machismo); A reliance on shame, rather than guilt, as a form of social control; A dependence on the opinions of others in forming and maintaining one’s opinion of oneself, accompanied by a strong gregariousness and dislike of solitude and of loneliness; A dependence on others, expressed in docility; The inability to make difficult decisions; And the unwillingness to handle problems by directly confronting them."

- Sidney W. Mintz