Machismo is the belief that some men have about men being superior than women. This was very common between the 60's and 70's in Mexico, and for Mexicans living in certain parts of the United States. In the novel called "House of Mango Street" a girl named Esperanza experiences the hardships of machismo and the abuse that comes with it. "House of Mango Street" is a novel that was written by Sandra Cisneros a Mexican …showed first 75 words of 1340 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1340 total…mind of other people. Last, Minerva was mentally abused by the coming and going of her husband and Alicia because of her mentally abusing father and already hallucinates mice. Machismo is a horrible thing. It makes women suffer like hell and it doesn't let them have too many opportunities or freedom. A world without machismo would make the earth go faster (progress faster) because women have a great intelligence and potential that shouldn't be wasted.