Monique and the Mango Rains

In the book Monique and the mango Rains, by Kris Holloway is a narrative to help state those who read it about the struggles legion(predicate) Malian women go with - especially with their health. Many sexual activity social stratifications ar addressed in the book, such as economical issues, marital status, and reproductive health issues. All three of sexuality stratifications are present in Holloways study of Malian women. As a result, the divergence between men and women in Malian society - economically, marital, and through with(predicate) reproductive health issues - creates a wall for women to reach success, make it get alongly impossible for them to happen and become independent. \nThere are many gender norms and stratification in Mali. One of the norms after(prenominal) couples get married is that they make up the patrilocal conformity pattern. This pattern is a post marriage residence rule that requires the bride and the groom to feel in or near the residence of the grooms father. (World Cultures 197) For example in Monique and the mango tree Rains, Monique the midwife, once she married François she had to imprint to Nampossela where he and the rest of his family and her in-laws lived. This was the exercise with all women in this society. In Mali the qualities of males are that they dominate, it is them who make the rules and decisions deep down the family and the society. Women are extremely manageable and are scared to decline the men and in particular(prenominal) their preserves. For example, Korotun, a woman in the book, came home one even out while selling cloying potatoes in the middle of the town, something her preserve did not approve of, hardly they needed the money. When she came home her husband accused her of trying to flirting with the men and he wash up her. (Holloway 52) This is an extreme case, but it is a great example of ripe some of the reasons women in Mali are so obedient and ordain do what the men demand without question. \nOne of the biggest problems that Holloway encounters during her two years...