Huevos is not a politically correct articulation of the plight of Latino men in this era of so called gender equity and diversity. The author contends that while White women have made progress, Latinos, particularly Mexican men, have been entirely ignored; they have become the epitome of the poor working class. Ambitious and upward mobile Latinas often look down upon Latinos, and particularly Mexican males' lackluster economic success preferring other males. Latino males have been left out of any gender or racial discussion, yet suffer the highest work related death rates, lowest college attendance and graduation rates, high incarceration rates, the highest poverty even though they have the highest labor participation rates. The Latino male have become the Sisyphus's of America condemned to low wages by globalization, to ignorance by mediocre, highly-unionized schools, and destined to be marginalized of any equity-political-solution. The progress of White women has maintained White power by driving the diversity dialog, praxis, and remedy away from Latino males-the working, and uneducated poor. As Latino men have been relegated to a caste style social gender structure-the hard working indigent-Latinas have been blinded into believing that feminism and Chicanisma are positive, weakening Latino traditional social fabric and support system, while simultaneously ignoring the societal divide distressing Latinos, and especially Mexican males. "Huevos! Ya era hora! In an era of such political correctness, the timing couldn't be better. Once again Julian Camacho tackles the issues that are relevant in this truly academic discipline of Latino Studies." John J. Morales Jr. Chair and Professor of Chicano Studies, L.A. Mission College "Julian Camacho's work is thought provoking and it is bound to create deep conversations and debate. Thank you for addressing the real challenges Mexican man face everyday in US society." Marcos Ramos, College of Letters and Science. University of California, Berkeley "An exciting and enthralling design to educate the body and stimulate the mind. Destined to be one of the most discussed books in 2007!" Oscar Barajas, Author of soon to be realized book "Tales From The Wireless Clothesline"

Huevos is a true breakdown of Human Sexuality before the actual act of sex. It is one of the first books to look at Human Sexuality from a cultural perspective with the influence of modern day law. This book deals with the issue that men are no longer men. Men in the twentieth century are not men at all, they are scared children. Modern men are no longer strong in a physical or mental perspective. These men have lost the very thing that makes them a man, “Huevos!!!.” This is strictly metaphorical for without the mans Huevos, our existence would no longer be. To have Huevos does not mean to be able to reproduce a child. At no point does merely being able to have a child make anyone a man. After all any man can have a child as long as his and a females reproductive organs are able to do so. It takes actual courage, strength, and understanding of life to have Huevos. This word still exist but no longer to measure all the previous qualities. Instead it is now used to show the lack of Huevos that men have. The book Huevos gives us a better understanding to what caused this travesty and castration of men.

One of the main factor of this book is the corruption of sexual harassment laws. Fear is a tool that has always been used to make a person have second thought of anything that they might get involved with. Sexual harassment is a law that tries to cause the same affect towards any unwanted sexual advancements towards women. Unfortunately this law does not just protects women as intended , but actually criminalize men with no evidence of him being guilty of any charges or accusation that have been placed on him. This law is very one sided and can only truly give power to a women. Modern society will not accept this law to be used by a man and at no point in time can a man facing a sexual harassment charge appear to be innocent for the misconception of what a man is.

Men must now live in fear of what he says or appears to be doing in front of women for if he says or does anything that she does not like or disagree with, It can be placed as sexual harassment and will be used against him in full affect even if his word or gestures were merely a misunderstanding between the two. Women have full protection from this law for it was originally intended specifically for them. Men cannot win a sexual harassment case that is being placed on him for how society views men. Men are considered to more aggressive and more prone to violence than any women. I cannot debate that men are not physically stronger than women for that is true for the simple fact that we are bigger in size in most occasions and this size differences causes us to have much greater muscle mass than women. At the same time this is a quality that women want a particular individual male to have. Women want to be protected encase of any situation that can occur that will end in a physical confrontation. Men that are able to protect are also considered to be the men that will cause violent crimes. So the men that women want are the same men they are scared of.

Unfortunately the men that best fit this description are the Mexican men. Mexican men have all the qualities that is needed to have Huevos. Unfortunately anything a Mexican man does to get a women can be a form of sexual harassment. The very way they speak and present themselves are unlike any other. Todays society will not accept anything that is not considered to be the proper form of behavior. By proper they are referring to stiff individuals with no sense of feelings or opinion. This unjust law does not refer to the questionable behavior that women have. Sexual Harassment is not a rape case for a man to have to be dehumanized for someone merely accusing him of it. The opinion of the men are not even taken into consideration. Neither is the women's form of dress or the way that she presents herself. Women need only to accuse a man of Sexual Harassment for it to be true.

This book review itself can be said to be a form of Sexual Harassment for the word Huevos. The title is actually referencing the eggs we eat, but of course when a man says anything, his word must always be considered to be used in a sexual meaning. This is a misunderstanding that would label a man and cause him to loose his job and respect because of an accusation such as Sexual Harassment . We must protect women, but we cannot use methods that will criminalize an innocent Man. Julian C. Segura has put his name with this book that can be considered very controversial, but most of all true. He has spoken truth by defining the laws of Sexual Harassment and finding its true purpose to exist. A law that was once made to protect women is the law that was kept to get ride of the last true men by making them weak to an unjust law.

 

----Luis A. Lopez

11/15/07