Challenging prevailing notions of Latino machismo, sexism, and homogeneity, this book demonstrates how education, life experiences, and exposure to feminist ideas are changing the norms, values and perceptions of young Latino men and their communities. Guest speakers featuring Aida Hurtado & Mrinal Sinha!
Join us for a talk on Dr. Aida Hurtado and Dr. Mrinal Sinha’s newly released book Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino
Masculinities. Long considered a pervasive value of Latino cultures...
Challenging prevailing notions of Latino machismo, sexism, and homogeneity, this book demonstrates how education, life experiences, and exposure to feminist ideas are changing the norms, values and perceptions of young Latino men and their communities. Guest speakers featuring Aida Hurtado & Mrinal Sinha!
Join us for a talk on Dr. Aida Hurtado and Dr. Mrinal Sinha’s newly released book Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino
Masculinities. Long considered a pervasive value of Latino cultures both south and north of the US border, machismo—a hypermasculinity that obliterates any other possible influences on men’s attitudes and behavior—is still used to define Latino men and boys in the larger social narrative. Yet a closer look reveals young, educated Latino men who are going beyond machismo to a deeper understanding of women’s experiences and a commitment to ending gender oppression. This new Latino manhood is the subject of Beyond Machism
