A group of Venezuelan women, at Nibaldo, Rio Caribe, 1899.
Women in Venezuela are South American women who live in or are from Venezuela. The roles of Venezuelan women may differ in urban and rural areas. By tradition, women perform household work and they may accept jobs related to domestic services. In rural areas, Venezuelan women share "demanding physical labor" with men. Due to the rise of the beauty pageant industry, Venezuelan women have become "highly regarded" as objects of beauty and sexuality.[2]
Although women are legally equal to men in Venezuela, the women of Venezuela live in "very patriarchal society" that has "its own distinct national brand of machismo". However, in recent years, modern-day Venezuelan women are gradually becoming an essential part of the general Venezuelan workforce outside the confines of the home. The professional women and businesswomen of Venezuela generally "work hard at looking great" and they "dress to impress"; their business attire include wearing "feminine business suits, dresses, skirts and blouses".[3]
Venezuelan women are characteristically "extroverted" and "outgoing and gregarious" by nature. Women greet men and each other by giving two kisses, one on each cheek. On the other hand, due to Venezuelan men's "public expression of machismo", women in Venezuelan society are "customarily showered with remarks and gazes from men" as a form of displaying admiration of female beauty. Venezuelan women normally ignores such male behavior.[2]
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