In Erotic Journeys: Mexican Immigrants and Their Sex Lives by Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, she expands on the definition of Mexican culture. She compares Mexican society to that of Los Angeles. She discusses several things, one of the things she discusses in her book is the meaning of virginity in the family and what sex represents. Gonzalez-Lopez interviews many people to talk about their culture and how they felt living in Mexico and how their views changed once they moved to Los Angeles. Religion and traditions are deeply integrated into Mexican culture. It is ingrained in the woman's mind to remain a virgin for her future husband and having sex with anyone other than her future husband puts her family's reputation at stake. In Mexican culture, women are raised to be recessive towards their husbands while men are raised to be dominant in the household, sex, and work, causing individuals who immigrate to Los Angeles to view their culture differently; women are liberated and begin to succeed in their careers, without being recessive towards their husbands; they don't feel obligated to remain virgins or worried about insulting their family's reputation. Gozalez-Lopez interviews people about their personal stories and how they handle similar situations. One of the people she interviews, Diego, talks about what he had to do to save his girlfriend from public shame because she had sex with him. “I married her out of honor. I had to go out and face the bull, to protect his image and his name” (Gonzalez-Lopez, 98). If a woman loses her virginity before marriage, she may be considered a whore, a slut, or ill-mannered. Many women are forced to marry men they would never consider as husbands...... middle of paper ...... practice their religion freely. I found this presentation very effective in that it made me compare religions to others. In Islam no one intervenes in your relationship with God, they truly believe that only God can judge whether you are in heaven or hell. In my opinion, Christianity can be oppressive in many ways. I really enjoyed this presentation, it opened my eyes to a different type of view on religion. Works Cited Gonzalez-Lopez, Gloria. Erotic journeys. London, Berkley and Los Andeles: University of California, 2005. Print. Seidman, Steven, Nancy Fischer and Chet Meeks. “Transsexual, transgender and queer.” New studies on sexuality. North Carolina: Routledge, 2011. . Print. Seidman, Steven, Nancy Fischer, and Chet Meeks. “Transgender.” New studies on sexuality. North Carolina: Routledge, 2011. . Print.