The Marital Morality of Mexican Women: An Urban Study

The purpose of this paper is to examine marital morality from the perspective of lower-middle and working-class women in a large urban center south of Mexico City. Anthropologists have noted that a departure from the ideal of sexual fidelity is expected male behavior in Mexican communities, while in...

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Published in:Journal of anthropological research 1986-07, Vol.42 (2), p.183-202
Main Authors: LeVine, Sarah Ethel, Correa, Clara Sunderland, F. Medardo Tapia Uribe
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Children
Christianity
Contemporary period
Fathers
Females
General subjects
History and sciences of religions
Husbands
Infidelity
Marital Relations
Marriage
Men
Mexico
Moral theology
Mothers
Sex Role Attitudes
Sexual and family ethics
Social moral
Sons
Wives
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Females
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Infidelity
Marital Relations
Marriage
Men
Mexico
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Sons
Wives
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