How Has Machismo Transmitted over Time?

: How has Machismo transmitted over time?

Machismo is a strong sense of masculine pride, an exaggerated exertion of masculinity, or male-like qualities. It was made from the Spanish word macho, meaning male or masculine, and over time it has come to be a major characteristic for males in Latin America. Machistas are usually aggressive each macho has to show that he is masculine, strong, and physically powerful. Also, very verbal and especially physically abusive for instance when having to solve a personal problem instead of talking about it they have to get physical and solve it by fighting or other weapons. A real macho should not fear anything or anyone at all. Another major characteristic in machistas is that they are hyper sexually active. Their reputation among them revolves around how many women they sleep with, and the one who takes the majority women to bed is the real macho. There are cases where the men while married commit adultery so that they feel good about themselves and prove they can still do it. This happens because they don’t treat women as equal they treat them a superior than them.

Blanche Dubois and Stella Kowalski, the main female characters of A Streetcar Named Desire, seem throughout the play to be at two opposite ends of the spectrum in their approach to life and in dealing with the people around them, Blanche appearing to be romantic and refined and Stella appearing to be straightforward and blue-collar, much like her husband Stanley, but while they seem different on the surface, they are sisters who both possess the same passionate drive, being different only in personality.

Stella left Belle Reve, their childhood home, a few years before the play opens and married Stanley Kowalski, a brutish and dominating prize rooster who is a travelling salesman for a machine-parts company. His sexual drive appeals to her and her submissive nature enables her to survive a marriage that would be unimaginable