among the males, and patriarchy passed on through generations are easily observed.

They begin with simple, common, stereotypical ideologies such as having the family eat

dinner together, or by having the father stress the fact that he "brings home the bacon".

These ideas later progress into more complicated, as well as disturbing matters. The

movie expresses these ideas by having the father hurt women physically or by

displaying violence and disrespect to those that you are "supposed" to love.

The first idea about family that I recognized was when the family sits down and

eats dinner together. This scene is towards the beginning which made me believe that

they were similar to other families and that there wasn't that much tension between

them. Another issue that kept constant throughout the movie was the strong bond

She had to put her life aside in order to cook dinner, clean the house, take care of her

food and that they are ungrateful because they don't even thank him, likes that's all a

value that was present was how Maria, the daughter took over her mothers role.

father's character is the best example that displays these two ideas the best. He

that if he wants her, he has to pay fifty dollars and that he should accept the offer

friend that he's just her friend in order to get a piece of ass. He continues by saying

that in order to be a man he had to give up his dreams and make money by selling his

father has to do. This brings me to the issue of patriarchy.

that what he does is what a "man" is supposed to do.

scene, Maria invites a male friend for dinner. When her father gets there he tells her

communication and would try to give each other advice. A good example of this was

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