The topics of globalization and culture change are intertwined through their effects on various places. In this paper, the impact of globalization and cultural change will be discussed within the context of male and female gender roles. In the world we live in today once rural cities and towns are now changing their cultural scripts to reflect globalized changes. This was evident in the extensive field work of Jay Sokolovsky. He notes that culture change is undeniable, “Over the 40 years since my first fieldwork stay, indelible change has clearly occurred in the cultural script for the life course and the generational dynamics which provide a key cultural space in which it is enacted” (Sokolovsky, 94). Additionally, Sokolovsky supports his findings of culture change and globalization through various years that separate his field notes, “These two field notes separated by three decades reflect both continuity and dramatic changes in adaptation to the globalized world” (Sokolovsky, p.20). Through his vast amount of experience, Sokolovsky notes that many of the culture changes due to globalization have taken place within rituals and family life. Sokolovsky describes how the ritual of hand-kissing in Amanalco, “Changes in the socially important, hand-kissing ritual of greeting and respect reflect profound changes in the cultural spaces in which the life course is now enacted” (Sokolovsky, 95). Sokolovsky continues to describe how rituals such as hand-kissing have drastically changed between that of elders and younger generations, “In observing hand-kissing respect to greetings in 2010, the biggest difference from what I observed in 1972 happens between elders and children or teenagers” (Sokolovsky, 95). Additionally, within Sokolovsky’s field work he places importance on the cultural shifts that occur in the family setting. In this respect, Sokolovsky describes how over the decades the cultural script changes in relation to how cousins refer to each other in Spanish rather than Nahuatle, “During the first decade of life a child is encouraged to primarily socialize with the children of the father’s brothers. These playmates are referred to as nuknewe (he), the Nahuatl term for sibling. Today, unlike in 1973, in casual conversation most kids now mention these relatives as primos, the Spanish word for cousin. However, virtually all the children I