Eli
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Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: L.B. Baja Sur
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Mood: Some times Observing, sometimes Oblivious.
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A man in a reboso
A man just came in to the enter net cafe, he was playing a harmonica and had a baby wrapped in a reboso shawl that was tied to his back. Well, he
played pretty darn well, carried a tune just fine, so of course I gave him the only change I had, 2 pesos. I guess what really took me back was that
he was wearing a cowboy hat and obviously is as ranchero as they come, and at the same time he is carring that baby in a reboso; man oh man, now that
is a sign of some changing times, never thought I would see a man from the hills with a baby tied to his back in a reboso..... whoe doggies, brave new
world, here we come.
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capn.sharky
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Times, they are achanging in Mexico
Yes women are not second class citizens in Mexico anymore. Loreto has had female police officers for over five years now. Women are involved in
politics. The macho man is a thing of the past. There are a few diehards around, but Mexico is coming around. Lets face it guys, the world would
probably be a much safer and kinder place if the gals were in charge. Mrs. Fox was thinking of running for her husbands office when his term ran out,
but changed her mind. My daughter just got her masters degree in finance. My three sons are still trying to figure out what they want to do. Two of
them are much older than their sister. I like the changes and I was a male chauvinist pig when younger.
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Baja Bernie
`Normal` Nomad Correspondent
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Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: Sunset Beach
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Mood: Just dancing through life
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Truth be known the women have always ruled Mexico in the ways that truly count. The family.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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woody with a view
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Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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and i LOVE it when my peruvian wife allows me just enough slack on my leash that i can get away to baja twice a year to surf with friends and
generally have another, "the time of my life".
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Oso
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Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
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Y'all should visit the Isthmus sometime, around Tehuantepec & Juchitan, Oaxaca. The "Tehuanas" are known for their graceful beauty, but they are also
taller on average than the men. The Zapotecs have always been a matriachal society. Even today, women hold most of the public offices, like Mayor,
and run the businesses, manage the family finances etc. Men, poor delicate creatures, incapable of serious responsibility, are not expected to work
very hard. They spend their days playing guitar, composing songs and poems of love, their only real duties reserved for nightime...
Does that sound like a bad life?
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Mike Humfreville
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As always, Eli, a beautiful message waving small humanities like banners to be treasured. I don't know if we all see into sensitivities like a few
do, but I feel if you quit writing so many of us would lose our vision into an otherwise unseen world.
Happy new year, friend.
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Gypsy Jan
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Hmmm, matriarchal societies
Correct me if I am wrong, but, aren't they characterized by harmonious relationships for the most part, seeking positive interactions with other
societies and in general contributing to the advancement of all?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Oso
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Location: on da border
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If you say so. The only anthropological definitions I know of are that women run things and property and lineage are passed down on the mother's
side.
In old-time Cherokee tradition (and in many Native American societies), children belonged to the mother's clan, the father didn't count for much and
the mother's eldest brother was expected to be the primary mentor to teach a boy hunting etc. As the old guy in the novel Creek Mary's Blood
said, "We're not always sure about our father, but we always know who our mother is".
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