Masculinity and gender roles among Puerto Rican men: machismo on the U.S. mainland.
The literature on masculinity and gender roles in American life has mostly over-looked Latino men, or has stereotyped them by means of a distorted concept of machismo. A reconceptualization of masculinity and machismo among Puerto Rican men is presented, based on a multidimensional view of their historical and current sociocultural reality. Relevant clinical and social services for Puerto Rican men are discussed and directions for future research are suggested.
Torres
J B
JB
School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
D000069:Acculturation; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000592:standards; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D019513:Feminism; D005783:Gender Identity; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009986:Orthopsychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D011287:Prejudice; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012922:Social Change; D013240:Stereotyping; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States