Everett & Ramirez, “Healing the Curse of the grosero Husband”
Abstract:Â Drawing on anthropological research in Oaxaca, Mexico, this article describes the role of health seeking in womenâs experiences with Pentecostal conversion. The present study confirms that Pentecostalismâs promise of reforming problematic male behavior is a significant draw for women. Womenâs stories of conversion are strikingly consistent in their accounts of male drinking, womanizing, and domestic violence. However, the findings also demonstrate that when efforts to domesticate men failâand they often doâwomen still find significant ways in which Pentecostalism addresses suffering. The study provides a unique contribution to the literature by exploring that paradox in detail.