When I first came to paraguay i knew i would deal with sexism. I knew i would have to climb higher than this and move on. When I first came to my site and heard from the other volunteer about domestic violence in my site, I knew that this too i would have to put behind me and move on. When later I met the timid females in my community i felt this was a result of the sexism, violence, lack of economic freedom. But... what i never guessed, what i never thought was how i would gain female empowerment from paraguay and the women i saw as timid and insecure would gradually bash my own sexist mind from the states, and teach me what it means to be a women in the campo and gradually i saw how the states sexism has caged my own ideas of myself. This alone is a reason for all women in the states to join peace corps. you will learn how caged your idenity is, gain a new one, and reflect on the past in the states. When i was in seventh grade, i loved shop class. I remember we were making cars out o...
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