Bradford’s dad said all women were whores, and while Bradford never said he agreed, his actions suggested he did.  There was a new girl each night; they became conquests of his, especially in Mexico.  During college he spent two years studying Spanish in Guadalajara and decided that he needed to marry a Latin woman.  Bradford believed Latin women allowed their men to cheat because they expected it.  They’d seduced married men in their younger years.  However, as a wife, women shifted more towards the mother Mary, growing more religious, holding themselves to a double standard.  The unwritten rule that existed about affairs was that the mistress could never be elevated above the wife.  This was different than in American culture.  It was meant to safe guard the woman, though Bradford decided it safe guarded himself.  He wouldn’t ever have to worry about a messy divorce due to his philandering.  Likewise, if he chose other Latin women as his mistresses, along that same line, the mistress was never to cross paths with the man’s family.  If this happened, and the Latin code was broken, justifying the man’s refusal to acknowledge the woman, his mistress, calling her crazy, insane.  This last part would prevent the mistress from marrying a man all her own later in life, which helped to maintain the double standard in Bradford’s favor.

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