¡Ask a Mexican! - premarital

There, University of Texas-Austin professor Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez examined why Mexican fathers in the United States wanted their daughters to remain virgins until marriage. Contrary to myths about machos expecting their daughters to be forever maidens, Gonzalez-Lopez argued, Mexican dads "expect their daughters to practice sexual moderation and to delay premarital sex. For them, this is a strategy that their daughters may use to attend and complete college, and thus improve their living conditions and socioeconomic future as they survive in an increasingly competitive society." Mexican men want their women to remain pure, therefore, because that shows a committed, serious lady who, unlike men, has mastered her libido. (66)