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I was attending a lecture on Mexico from Pre-Hispanic - Modern times, and the professor had a very interesting thesis. Not sure what to make of it now, but he said, that mexican/indigineous women have had a profound influence on the decline of mexico. When Cortes came, it was Malinche, the indian girl who brokered the deal with the tribes to attack the Aztecs and cement Mexico's fate. Then when the influx of Europeans came following the conquest, I guess the colonial period, the indian women would only sleep with Europeans, even out of wedlock, to ensure that their kids would be part of the ruling elite. And he says the same thing is still happening today. The men just react to it.

2007-01-15 13:21:52 · 3 answers · asked by Julio Cesar C 2 in Social Science Gender Studies

Bad government is a reaction to bad society. When the society is broken then bad governments cannot/are hard to eliminate.

2007-01-15 13:33:32 · update #1

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The downfall of any society is - BAD GOVERNMENT _ nothing else.

2007-01-15 13:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The fact that nobody will even respond to your question is a tribute to the extremely high BS ratio that it has.

I have about 15 years of living in Mexico and I can assure you that the decline in Mexico is happening DESPITE the mexican woman. She is the only stabilizing influence I have observed in the entire culture. The men habitually pursue whatever spurious pursuits they can dream up, do not provide for their families (girlfriends are expensive) and think, at the end of it all, that they are God's gift to the world. Any Mexican woman who restricts her bed to only Europeans is showing, in my experience, exceptionally good judgement.

And, by the way, I have not noticed that the "ruling elite" in Mexico these days is composed of very many Europeans. It it were, perhaps Mexico would not be declining as fast as it is! If I had five kids and no support system aside from my husband, I would not think of sleeping with anyone except one of the "ruling elite" either. And even they are not very reliable --- only richer. But, rich and unreliable is better than poor and unreliable.?

2007-01-15 23:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by acablue 4 · 1 0

So, you're saying that it was the native women who were trying to save themselves and their children who were at fault and not the European men who invaded and made it necessary for the women to protect themselves?

Oh yeah, that makes LOADS of sense.

2007-01-16 06:15:28 · answer #3 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 1 0

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