In "Taming Macho Ways," by Elvia Alvarado narrates that how Campesinos should be more responsible with their campesinas changing their bad habits in the past and built a good new society. When she started to work with the mothers’ clubs in the Catholic Church, she realized that women work harder than men do. Women worked from sunrise to sunset. Men are stronger than women but this doesn't mean that men can underestimate women. Man stopped working when sunset comes while woman's work almost 24 hours a day. Women don’t get rest working to meet their families' needs. Elvia noticed that the men's attitude in the city is more admirable than in the campesino's house. She believed that if two people get together to form a home, it should be because they love and respect each other. And that means that they should share everything they have. But this belief doesn't imply to campesina's lives. The worst problem of some campesina is not their husbands refuse to help them to support and raise their families. In addition to that they were abused by their husbands. When men are drinking they lose their all sense of dignity. Elvia wanted to change the way men and women treat each other. They have to change the bad habits in the past and built a good society. She noticed that if campesinos have a purpose in life, they drink less and they take care of their families. Campesinos should change their way of living but on the other hand, campesinas should bear in their mind that change should start with their own-selves and their environment will follow.
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