Are guys really all that "tough"?

In class we talked about masculinity, and how that impacts guys today. Guys have a tendency to be "tough". They have to be dominant, independent, strong, and fearless. But do they really have to be what they call "tough"? To me, guys' status can be annoying for them. The media has an impact on guys, because they get this message that they have to be these things or do specific things (play football, join wrestling, play hockey)  in order to be a man. In order to not be "wuss", "sissy", and etc. The status of not having any emotions, to suck it up, and let it go. And not to worry about it. I know guys cry, and they shouldn't be placed as a wuss just because they aren't doing what they media is showing them what they are "supposed to be."

MEDIA: Appearance

In class we all talked about how the media can shape up the appearance of other "beautiful models" and "beautiful stars". Looking at magazines pictures, billboards, posters, pictures from the Internet & etc., these stars and models aren't shown for who they really are. Things get edited all the time. Our society strives for perfection, and the appearances of these oh so called perfect & beautiful people, aren't really them. We have a lower self esteem based off of these appearances when these appearances aren't real. So why does society have to make others feel insecure like, "Omg, she has perfect skin. I have to buy that product." Or "Ughh...why can't I be like that? That's not fair." Or "I wish I had a body like that...". Everything you see may not be as it seems.

Surroundings

In class we talked about how much of people's characteristics come from nature and nurture. The way we are is because of these things. "Nature"....our genes. Then there's "Nurture"....our social environment. The action and talk that influences us. The people we live with, the people we go to school with, and our friends who we hang with. Our surroundings make up who we are.Whether we like it or not. Nature and nurture combined is just the way it is.

"Doing Nothing"

We had an assignment where we had to pick a place that was busy to be at, and stand there for 10 minutes straight doing absolutely nothing. We couldn't pretend we were waiting for someone to meet up with. We couldn't examine other people. We just had to do literally NOTHING. To me this assignment was pretty hard. I was with my mom and little sister at Hawthorn mall, and then I told them about what we all had to do, and they were like, "What kind of homework is that?" I was like, "I don't know... lol. I just have to do it." So that was when I told them to go elsewhere in the mall. And I was standing by the food court and the store Hot Topic just standing by the ledge doing nothing... I had alot of stares from people. This made me feel uncomfortable, because you'd get looks from people like "What is she doing?" or "That girl seems weird." At first, I thought that this assignment would be pretty easy just to do nothing, but as you experience it, it's actually harder than it seems. That is because us Americans are so used to doing something 24:7. Whether its listening to your teacher from english class, or texting one of your good friends, or walking from one class to another, or sleeping....we are all always doing something no matter what. This is what made the assignment very interesting.