8.1 "El celoso extremeño": An Analysis in the Origins of Sexism
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Student Poster
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8:30 AM, Friday 8 Nov 2019
(1 hour 50 minutes)
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Grand Ballroom A/B
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While there are several explanations about the origins of sexism and the male chauvinist mentality, in Miguel de Cervantes' "El celoso extremeño," the social origins of masculine domination and the macho mentality are rooted in fear and envy of the fundamental place of women in the reproductive process.