Blog Post # 7 - "Chicano Men and Masculinity" [Revised]

After reading "Chicano Men and Masculinity" by Maxine Baca Zinn, I noticed that the Chicano's masculinity is all about being better than the woman.  This is why machismo is brought up, where the man think he's is better than the woman.  He is the head of the household and has control over everything which means he is the dominant one.  I think this is how they prove their masculinity, by first having control of his family and wife.  Maxine Baca Zinn says "the machismo concept constitutes a primary explanatory variable" (24).  The family is like a hierarchy, the man being being first, the woman second, and the children below them.  It can be seen as a man ruling, which is the same exact view machismo.  If they wouldn't have control over this how would they be able to say "I am a real man."