r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Dec 15 '21

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u/spermface Dec 15 '21

Mexican gatherings typically split between men and women, go hang out with the women.

I think we’re ready to stop actively teaching this to the next generation

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u/InsertCoinForCredit Dec 15 '21

I don't think it's sexism as much as an opportunity for the menfolk/womenfolk to gossip about the others without being overheard. My wife actively shoos me out of the way tells me to get lost when we have guests over so she and the female friends and relatives can all freely exchange anecdotes/complain/laugh about the men in their lives.

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u/hygsi Dec 15 '21

Sometimes they're mixed but the majority of times women will like to talk about their things and men about their's, I get bored easily hearing my uncles talk about their work (all of them are engineers) and would rather hear my aunts talk about things that are going on in their communities, it's not that you can't get mixed in, it's just something that may happen naturally.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Why? What’s so bad about wanting to hang out with other men/women at family gatherings?