Thursday, October 28, 2010
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."
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The media creates this ideal of how a guy is suppose to act like, but it's completely inaccurate. The media likes to portay people without flaws, but that's ridiculous because no matter who you are, you're going to have flaws.
ReplyDeleteThe media creates this image of both genders: for males its be tough, show no emotions; and for females its be sexual and seductive. And really instead of bettering our society its extremely detrimental.
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