Mestizos and indigenous social roles: Effects on violence due to rituals and traditions

Abstract

This paper aims to show, through the legitimization of certain domestic habits of indigenous and mestizo populations, the different effects that have some traditions in reaffirming or perpetuating prejudices, taboos and gender pre determinism. In many cases, these popular traditions help to give continuity to the patriarchal structures in the country, but their also generate different attitudes, requirements, demonstrations of male power and expressions of submission of women who eventually nurture aggression and violence, either symbolic or physical, against them. The analysis has been conducted from the ancient perspective that has naturalized female social roles within the family and community functions relating to the care of the home such as childcare and other domestic activities made by women from childhood to old age.

Keywords

• Symbolic violence
• Indigenous women
• Gender and traditions.