Calavera Poem: Bangerz!

“Redondillas” Redondillas, a poem in which Sor Juana criticizes the double standards men have for women. Stating that according to men, women can never satisfy the needs or wants of a man, looking down on women who act “crazy” or accuse women of being “whores” when it is the men who give women no choice but to commit such acts. She goes on to say that men create monsters but when the monsters come out the run and hide blaming others for the monster they have created. Throughout the poem Sor Juana emphasizes how men treat women when it comes to sex, she questions “Who is the bigger sinner, the one who sins for money, or the man who pays to sin?” The men to whom she refers to in this poem are assumed to be the men who lead the church, leaders of the church! Church leader of then had so much power over the people and the way people lived their lives. In this poem Sor Juana takes a jab at the hegemony of her time.

**The question was “identify lines from Sor Juanas poem’s that show hegenomia which is hegemony in English.
Defention of hegem The term "hegemony" refers to the leadership, dominance or great influence that one entity or group of people has over others. Historically, this term often referred to a city-state or country that exerted power over other city-states or countries indirectly rather than through military force. Modern uses of "hegemony" often refer to a group in a society having power over others within that society. For example, the wealthy class might be said to have hegemony over the poor because of its ability to use its money to influence many aspects of society and government .
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