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What are the different types of biases that Latino women face? How does their Tightrope

     problem differ from that of black women? Give an example.

Answer 1

• In the entertainment industry, Latinas have been historically depicted as possessing one of two completely contrasting identities. They have been depicted as either "virginal", "passive", and "dependent on men" or as "hot-tempered", "tempestuous", "promiscuous" and "sexy".
• One study found that,Latinas were the laziest characters in primetime… they were the least intelligent, most verbally aggressive, embodied the lowest work ethic, and (alongside whites) were the most ridiculed.
• According to these same studies, the marketing industry has also played a role in stereotyping females with Hispanic origin by using these stereotypical identities to sell product. Specifically, the bodies of Latina women have been used and sexualized to sell product targeted to men.
• It has been established that Latinas in the United States have been hyper-sexualized by the media and societal stereotypes. One reason as to why Latinas are stereotyped as hyper-sexualization is because there is a idealistic picture of large Latino families with multiple children due to the Latina's highly sexualized nature.
• This has created the political and social threat of Latina fertility in which there is a concern that the hypothetical fertility and birthing rates of Latinas is much more than their non-hispanic white people, adding to the threat of the Latino presence in the United States.
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