Leaving Machismo Behind: Watching My Dad Become a Supportive Feminist
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For most of my young life, I was surrounded by strong, independent Latina women who did what they wanted and didn’t let men get in their way of that. So was my father. Rene Perez grew up in a home with a single mother, who moved all of her nine children to the States from Puerto Rico by herself. He and his three brothers were outnumbered by his five sisters. He was outnumbered when he married my mom and had two daughters and adopted a female dog.
Leaving Machismo Behind: Watching My Dad Become a Supportive Feminist
Leaving Machismo Behind: Watching My Dad…
Leaving Machismo Behind: Watching My Dad Become a Supportive Feminist
For most of my young life, I was surrounded by strong, independent Latina women who did what they wanted and didn’t let men get in their way of that. So was my father. Rene Perez grew up in a home with a single mother, who moved all of her nine children to the States from Puerto Rico by herself. He and his three brothers were outnumbered by his five sisters. He was outnumbered when he married my mom and had two daughters and adopted a female dog.