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I am watching a video on the "hidden toll" of caregiving on young adults and a lot of the burdens placed on younger generation is prominent in minority populations to caregive for the elderly. In hispanic community the women are expected to give up their life AND serve patriarchy. Women can't break away from the family unless they go off to start their own but I don't want kids and wanting a husband is more like self-harm.
I am graduating with my bachelors degree soon and I am now firing off applications to where ever this degree can take me so I feel like I'm building my life but I also lost a lot of it to my pickme mom and LVM male relatives. They took my youth. They really think they supported me by having me around- but the mental health decline is a far greater toll than anything they think they did for me.
For the degreed latin women, how did you build your life away from those cultural expectations? I'm looking for work and the money I intend to save but a key topic is moving away from the toxicity.
I've been there. Leave. Don't become trapped. Let everyone else deal with their guilt by actually doing SOMETHING. Women weren't put on this earth to serve. Family and community are mutually beneficial units where everyone should receive some benefit by putting in similar levels of effort. Only do what you're comfortable with and question your instincts to help.