My Research

When I thought of Latina Stereotypes the words loud, voluptuous, promiscuous, and young single mother came to mind. However, I wasn't sure if my own personal experiences tainted the way I viewed the idea of a Latin female. I was curious about the ways in which other people thought about Latin females so I decided to conduct a survey.

On Thursday, November 29th I walked the third floor Hunter Bridge handing out my survey. Thirty people filled it out:


Gender:
Males: XII
Females: XVIII

Race:
  • Hispanic: VII
  • African American: IV
  • Asian: III
  • Middle Eastern: III
  • Caucasian: III
  • Mixed: V
Ages:
  • 17: I
  • 18: IV
  • 19: III
  • 20: IV
  • 21: X
  • 22: III
  • 23: II
  • 25: I
  • 27: I
  • 29: I
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The Directions:

Please jot down any stereotypes you know of or think of regarding Hispanic women/Latinas.
I then left 10 spaces they could fill out.

The Findings:

  1. Loud XIII
  2. Promiscuous IX
  3. Housewife VI
  4. Good Cooks  VI
  5. Too Many Children V
  6. Good Dancers  V
  7. Feisty IV
  8. Gold Diggers IV
  9. No English IV
  10. Frequent Gel users IV
  11. Voluptuous   IV
  12. Big Butt IV
  13. Tight Clothes IV
  14. Uneducated III
  15. Beautiful III
  16. Confrontational III
  17. Get Pregnant Young III
  18. Chonga III
  19. Unfaithful III
  20. Hoop Earrings III
  21. Family Oriented II
  22. Stubborn II
  23. Exotic II
  24. Ignorant II
  25. Single Mother II
  26. Blue Collar Jobs II
  27. Pretty II
  28. Frequently shops at Rainbow II
  29. Frequently wears leopard print II
  30. Frequently says "pero" II
  31. Overly Nationalistic II
  32. Dyed Hair II
  33. Illegal II
  34. Short Tempered
  35. Fans of Novelas
  36. Ghetto
  37. Independent
  38. Outspoken
  39. Outgoing
  40. Don't dress for the occasion
  41. Arrogant 
  42. Fake hair
  43. Overweight
  44. Drug Smugglers
  45. Nice, Long Hair
  46. Talk Smack in Spanish/in groups
  47. Talk Spanish Everywhere
  48. Good at Volleyball
  49. High-Pitched Voice
  50. Ratchet
  51. Great Lovers
  52. Wear Jordans
  53. Submissive towards Chauvinist partner
  54. Uncultured
  55. Sexual
  56. Lazy
  57. Rebellious
  58. Oppressed
  59. Obnoxious
  60. Rude
  61. Extreme Accents
  62. All from Mexico
  63. Attracted to Black Guys
  64. Provocative
  65. Controlling
  66. From the Bronx
  67. Funny
  68. Nails done
  69. Pop Gum
  70. Hardworking
  71. Passionate

Out of 71 stereotypes only 14 were positive.

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