blog post #7 "chicano men and masculinity"

Maxine B. Zinn states in "Chicano Men and Masculinity" that,"The social science literature views machismo as a compensation for feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness"(25).In this sentence Zinn refers to "Mexican and chicano" men and their masculinity. In my opinion i do not agree with this idea of machismo, which carries out the concept  that subordinated men "are compensate for feelings of internalized inferiority by exaggerate masculinity"(zinn25).I believe that all human being are able to achieve progress no matter the situation that are passing through.If Chicano and mexican men are constantly humiliate and abuse,acting like a macho is not the best way for going along with situation.Carring out this idea is what makes this specific group of men fall more deep into the black whole that society had put them by using "machismo" as the first stereotypes,perhaps the strongest one surrounding Chicano and Mexican men.