NAME: Morata, Angela N.

PROF: Arjay Punongbayan

SECTION: BSITM 2YB-1 DATE: March 11, 2022

Sor Juana In é s De L a C ruz : L atin A me r ic a ’s F ir st

Fem ini st

Pa tr ia rc ha l soc ie ty wa s the nor m in colo ni a l La tin

Am e ric a . Ma le s we re va lue d more highl y tha n fe m a le s ,
and wom e n we re expe c t ed to per form mostly house hol d
cho r e s in the hom e . Eve n dur ing the pos t-C olonia l era
in La t in Am e ric a , thi s bi a se d gende r role wa s a pa r t of
th e soc ia l hi e ra rc hy . While ma ny wom e n follow e d thi s
ge nde r nor m, one wom a n in pa rt ic ula r de fi e d it,
be c om ing a cont rove rsia l fe m ini st in the 1600s . Thi s
wom a n is know n as Sor Jua na In é s de La Cruz . Cruz
di spla ye d al l the uni que el e me nt s of a wom a n exi sting
in a pat ria rc ha l soc i e ty as a se lf-ta ught sc hola r, nun,
poe t , pla yw ri ght, and com pose r. Aft e r know ing the
nor m tha t the y had expe r ie nc e d, it ma ke s sa d to think
th a t this bia se d gende r rol e whic h exis te d in he r tim e
is sti ll happe ni ng toda y . This situa ti on of hus ba nd
ma king mon e y and the wife doing the house hol d chor e s
and wha te ve r the soc ie t y has molde d the m to be is a
to xic me nta lit y. Ma ny husba nds insiste d on bei ng
re spe c te d and obe ye d re ga rdl e ss of how muc h the y
con t ribute me a nw hile the wive s ar e expe c t e d to show
th e m wha t sha ring, ca r ing, loving is al l about and give
th e m bab i e s. House h ol d chor e s shouldn ’t be le ft for
th e wom e n or wive s alone . The se cooki ng, cle a ni ng,
doi ng the la undr y , buying groc e ri e s are ba si c life skills
and neve r be a ge nde r role . Anyone could be the mone y
ea r ne r and anyone coul d be the pe r form er of chor e s.
Eve ry chor e s, re sponsibil itie s and dut ie s is equa l ly
impor ta n t as life doe s not com e with a ma nua l of who
wil l do the job and who will do the chor e s. So me n
must know how to ma na ge al l of the se and cut the
to xic me nta l ity tha t the y have bee n using to wom e n
sin c e the n. Alt hough in toda y ’ s er a , the re ar e fe m a le s
who ar e al re a dy doi ng the work but still , we ca nnot
de ny tha t the re are st ill wive s who ar e stuc k at hom e .
In addi tio n, m en sh ould le a rn how to par ta ke the se
hous e hold chore s and le t the ir wive s to ea r n mone y
wit hout fe e ling a bur n of the i r ego bec a us e wom e n
ar e n ’t sla ve s.

My wa y fo r cl osing the gende r gap pa r tic ula rl y in

th e tourism and hos pita li ty indu stry, is to spe a k out
abo ut it. I pl a n to use my soc ia l me dia pla tform s to
ra ise aw a re ne ss aga i nst ine qu a lity tha t eve ryone has an
equ a l cha nc e of re c e iving equa l opport unitie s suc h as
pr omot ion, inc e ntive or ra ise in sa la ry.