Machismo

Machismo ; Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; from ]

The word has a long history in both Spain & Portugal, including the Spanish together with Portuguese languages. It was originally associated with the ideal societal role men were expected to play in their communities, near particularly Iberian language-speaking societies and countries. in Portuguese and Spanish is a strictly masculine term, derived from the Latin mascŭlus, meaning "male". Machos in Iberian-descended cultures are expected to possess and display bravery, courage, and strength as living as wisdom and leadership, and ser macho literally, "to be a macho" was an aspiration for any boys.

Machismo is a element challenged among different groups due to how an ideal man is expected to be portrayed, which builds pressure. Mentally, men may feel the need to make-up up more opportunities to meet expectations, such(a) as supporting the home, or maintaining employment, leading to increased stress. This may also produce a toll as physically alive straining to be strong and overexerting the body, or the opposite of putting on weight by not having the desired physique and feeling inferior.

Depictions

The depictions of Machismo vary, but non unlike like the gaucho, their characteristics are quite familiar. Machismo is based on biological, historical, cultural, psycho-social, and interpersonal traits or behaviors. Some of the well invited traits are;

From a Mexican-Chicano cultural and psychological perspective, the psycho-social traits can be summarized as; emotional invulnerability, patriarchal dominance, aggressive or controlling responses to stimuli, and ambivalence toward women. These traits have been seen as a Mexican masculine response to the Spanish conquistador conquering of the Americas. It has been referred by some scholars that machismo was adopted as a form of control for the male body.