Every day we hear in the news about people being deported
and send back to their home state. However, we do not hear about the social
cultural changes that these immigrants go through before they are arrested and
deported? In the article “Female Migrants Face Culture Shock” by Janice Mall,
she mentions how women that travel back and forth between Mexico and the United
States as migrants workers usually experience a cultural shock each time
they cross the border. This occurs, because they are exposed to two different
kinds of lifestyles. As Mall stated about these women, “They are uprooted and
dissatisfied in one or the other country, depending on which culture suits them
best.” Meaning that these women confuse themselves, because of the constant
changes that exist in their lives; causing them to have preference over one
lifestyle than the other depending on their culture.
The article mentions why cultural shock occurs and it is due
to the different expectations of society in each country. Women who come over to the United States to
unite with their husband and not join the working force have shown to suffer
from stress and psychosomatic illness while away from their homes in Mexico,
according to a research made by the medical students from the University of
Guadalajara. These effects were seen on women who at some point in their lives felt
isolated and dependent of their husband, when they were used to having total
control over their own life when they lived on their home state.
This article can be found in: http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-24/news/vw-1390_1_culture-shock
-Juana Bravo
it is true how they say latina women should play the role of a housewife and how the mother teaches her daughter to do the same. But women from this time especially latina women will change that and that we do not need a man to depend on. We can survive on our own with our education and degree :)!
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