Browsing by Subject "Gender roles"

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    Pandemic precarity: COVID-19's impact on Mexican and Central American immigrant families
    (Wiley, 2023) García, Melissa J.; Brooks, Caroline V.; Ambriz, Denise; Ekl, Emily A.; Smith, Nicholas C.; Maupomé, Gerardo; Perry, Brea L.
    Objective: This study examines the association of gender, parenthood, and marriage with reports of perceived pandemic precarity among Mexican and Central American immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic (Fall 2020) to understand predictors of vulnerability in periods of crisis. Background: Latinos/as, immigrants, parents, and women have faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family structure, along with social expectations for gender (i.e., self-sacrificing femininity for women and hegemonic masculinity for men), parenthood, and marriage may explain perceptions of pandemic precarity—defined as the material deprivation and economic anxiety resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This study used data from the Hispanic COVID-19 Rapid Response Study (n = 400), a follow-up of the VidaSana Study of Mexican and Central American immigrants, to examine how family structure is associated with pandemic precarity (i.e., food, housing, and economic insecurity). Using linear regression models, average marginal effects (AMEs), and tests for group differences, we investigate the independent and interactive effects of gender, parenthood, and marriage on pandemic precarity. Results: Men and parents reported the highest pandemic precarity. Fathers reported higher pandemic precarity than mothers. For men, marriage is associated with greater precarity, and for women, marriage is associated with less precarity, yet marriage increased precarity for those without children. Conclusion: We discuss the importance and implications of examining gender along with family structure to understand how immigrant families were faring in response to the pandemic.
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    Therefore, I am
    (2018) Ridgway-Woodall, T.L.; Setser, Meredith
    My current research explores our daily habits, cultural traditions, and the social expectations placed on women through an anthropological lens. Considering the treatment of all types of women from various regions prompted me to look at my own everyday experiences as a female living in a rural community while working in an urban setting. My research focuses on the exploration of duties associated to the roles of women, and the pre-constructed format embedded in our memories. Through the observation of habitual patterns, places and objects can bring attention to the epidemic of this power struggle, one that re-enforces the misconceptions of women's mind, body, and spirit in our current world. My body of work is a combination of individual endeavors, as well as, collaborative projects, that examine memory as the building block of identity. Much of my research looks at the social and cultural effects of everyday moments. My work includes personalized themes and traditional techniques with a contemporary flare. Pursuing creative endeavors based on my own identity has allowed me to share my stories through multiple layers of meaning and materials.