The Marital Morality of Mexican Women
An Urban Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3036025 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Ethel Levine (0000-0002-1050-3539), Sarah Levine (0000-0001-6608-3054), Clara Sunderland Correa |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-202 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.42.2.3630487 |
| OpenAlex | W2317516164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
The purpose of this paper is to examine marital morality from the perspective of lower-middle and working-class women in a large urban center south of Mexico City. Anthropologists have noted that a departure from the ideal of sexual fidelity is expected male behavior in Mexican communities, while infidelity by the wife is much more negatively regarded. We examine the extent to which norms governing husband-wife relations and marital morality have been affected by the rapid socioeconomic changes of recent years. We show that, despite the persistence of a double standard of sexual morality, younger urban women with more formal education and access to contraception are beginning to challenge traditional notions of husband-wife relations rather than endure infidelity, physical violence, and other forms of abuse
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| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 2018 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |