In latin american culture, why are the men so dominant???

Question

i recently lived in brazil for 4 years & it was ridiculous, the majority of men expect that the woman do as she is told & not have her own thoughts & opinions...many men would prefer that their women remain home, cooking, cleaning & caring for children all the day, then catering to the man`s needs when he arrives home from work...it`s a very-male dominated society...sadly, physical abuse toward women in those countries is also high...how is it possible that women will put up with this type of thing??? lol i guess i`m just too independent & outspoken, but i offended many a man in brazil!!! so i say, good for me!!!

Answer 1

I don't know about that culture so I can not recommend nor defend it. I can say that personally, I would rather put a smile on someones face rather than a frown regardless of the circumstances. If it makes you smile to put a frown on the faces of "many a man in Brazil" good luck to you, I hope you are able to find what it takes to make you happy that you don't need to do that anymore. I have always thought that these kinds of situations, as you've described in Brazil,
are better handled by information/education than to irritate and alienate the people involved.

Answer 2

Latin American men are no different than any other men in male-dominated societies. American men are equally as bent on dominating women, only they mask it in ways that suggest it is not so. Keep in mind, it wasn't until women began reporting abuse in the late 1980s (ala The Burning Bed) that WE, Americans even took seriously that a women wasn't supposed to be DISCIPLINED by her boyfriend or husband for not doing as he asked.