Comparative paragraph of Colombian and Mexican culture in terms of gender stereotypes.

The Colombian and Mexican culture share many characteristics in terms of Gender stereotypes. Perhaps because of the historical context of the continent they share. We can see that there exists since antiquity a distinction between the role played by men and women in these countries. In both Colombia and Mexico, male stereotypes have been constructed that characterize men as household providers, heads of families, and to some extent, decision-makers. While Colombian and Mexican women have been related to service to others more than to that of it itself. In the past it is related to doing the rituals of preparation for the wars of her husbands, as educators, as nurses or responsible for the housework. A stereotype much marked in the Colombian and Mexican culture is that the women of average level work on markets or sectors that relate them to the commerce of meal, then, are they the experts in doing typical meals from their countries. Men in many cases is in a position to control and manage the economic and technological resources to which the exercise of power, both public and private, is strictly linked. However, Mexican women are now moving from rural and agricultural to being part of the industrial sector as an employee and sometimes as an employer. In 1990, the female labor force accounted for about 30 per cent of the economically active population (Zacarias, 1994), and in 2000, 37 per cent despite unemployment (Arispe, 2005). Now, women are beginning to know by qualities like patience, love, jealousy and her strong personality. Finally, the distinction between the roles that society gives to men and women can be somewhat discriminatory, because social activities close to the sex.