“…Marianismo is a traditionally female norm in which Latinas are encouraged to exude qualities of purity, endurance, and nurturance and to emulate the self-sacrificing image of the Virgin Mary (Castillo, Perez, Castillo, & Ghosheh, 2010;Miville et al, 2017). Thus, Latinas are expected to put their family's needs before their own personal interests, and to have strong aspirations for marriage and childbearing (Castillo et al, 2010;Ruiz et al, 2017). These cultural expectations highly influence gender role ideologies, sexual identity, and power balance in relationships among Latinas throughout their lifetimes (Hussain, Leija, Lewis, & Sanchez, 2015;Miville et al, 2017;Villarruel, 1998).…”