Many of them try to escape from traditional life in the Andes by hooking a nice European man. No chances Outside the tourist centres life in Peruvian society is still traditional. Peruvians get married at a young age. Nothing much has changed in the typical division of male and female roles. Men toil on the high altitudes of the Altiplano.
Women bear children before they reach the age of twenty and settle down as housewives.
They hardly get a chance to educate themselves. But things are starting to change, albeit slowly. It is mainly in the cities and in progressive circles that people try to work on emancipation. The Solon Foundation distributes posters to help improve women's position in society. But outside the cities equal rights for men and women rarely are an issue.