Woman Hollering Creek

The short story Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros is a story narrated by a woman named Cleofilas who is a Mexican immigrant and the the things that go on in her everyday and the thoughts that go through her head. Cleofilas shows us the terrible reality of what commonly happens in foreign cultures to women. They are typically suppressed and not given a voice of their own which leads to mental if not physical abuse.
Domestic abuse is a very common trend in foreign countries. I found an article titled, “Maternal outcomes associated to psychological and physical intimate partner violence during pregnancy: A cohort study and multivariate analysis” by Stella Martin-de-las-Heras, Casilda Velasco, Juan de Dios Luna-del-Castillo, Khalid S. Khan. the authors state, “Pregnancy represents a period of particular vulnerability, with reported IPV (intimate partner violence) prevalence higher than many common obstetric conditions, varying across countries and cultural contexts.”In this article not only does it show a pattern in domestic abuse against women in different cultures but also domestic abuse being heightened during times of pregnancy. Luckily America has laws against issues of domestic violence but unfortunately for women in other countries here are not policies to protect women receiving violence in abusive relationships. Like Cleofilas in Woman Hollering Creek she assumed that the lifestyle of oppression in her household was somewhat normal, like many women Cleofilas associated drama and violence with passion and love. At the end of the short story Cleofilas becomes acquainted with some liberal women who want to rescue her from her marriage. The idea of women owning their own car, making their own money, making their own decisions! this was something Cleofilas has never dreamed of. Thankful to our nations growing influence on foreign countries i hope that in the near future less evidence of domestic violence will exist.

Martin-de-las-Heras, Stella, et al. “Maternal outcomes associated to psychological and physical intimate partner violence during pregnancy: A cohort study and multivariate analysis.” PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 6, 2019, p. e0218255. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link-gale-com.proxy055.nclive.org/apps/doc/A588924210/OVIC?u=durham_tccl&sid=OVIC&xid=b13e9853. Accessed 2 Nov. 2019.