Sex, y las diferencias entre mujeres y hombres

***Warning... may include a Kimbo rant ***

I know I just wrote yesterday, but I've gotta say something about today's class speaker and then my following Spanish class' discussion: all revolving around sex.
Please don't be offended, I'm not trying to. It was just really interesting.
In Ecuador and S. America, there's just differences you can't ignore. This culture is so masculine with a MACHO dominance: the man is everything- the woman is nothing. Prostitution is legal and actually helped by the government. My heart hearts for these young girls/women who give themselves away completely. Where is love going to?
We discussed how Ecuadorian men see three types of women: 1. Good 2. Easy and 3. Prostitutes. Since I am from the States, their first preconceived judgment of me is that I belong in the 2nd group and the speaker gave us reasons as to why this is so:
She has done surveys between folks from Ecuador and the States asking them when it would be considered OK to have sex after starting to date some one: in other words... when is that person having sex with you not "easy" but "good" (referencing the three types of women)
The average time from those in Ecuador was 6 months! (I was surprised at this.. but then I heard the following)
Those from the states' average was ONE MONTH!!!! ???? are you kidding me?
Where have our values gone? How can we even attempt to complain and question why we "gringas" are viewed as easy when obviously our culture states that this can be so.

I don't consider myself a feminist, but I do think that there's got to be pride in yourself to want to keep something so high in value until it's the right time (which I propose is after your married).
And the women in the Ecuadorian culture just let themselves be content with growing up to be mothers. Our professor shared how her mom would always make sure she was helping with everything in order to learn how to be a housewife, while her brothers were allowed to chill around the house and the only request her mom had for them was to make sure they had plenty of "novias" (girlfriends).
It just comes down to shared respect. No, I don't think that God wanted women to rule the world, nor do I think he wanted men. I think he wants all of us to use our own abilities and gifts in the way he's given us. Within a relationship/marriage there's a shared respect. Yes, wives submit to their husbands, but there's probably times when the husbands do the same.

It was just a really great class and discussion and because of it, we did hardly anything in my Spanish class but discuss.
A good day.
I'm off to Salsa dance away my emotions.
chao,