Analysis Of Tough Guise By Jackson Katz

Can a one-sided term such as “Masculinity” be assigned a definition? Do the views that individual people have determine what constitutes as being masculine? Society and culture have assigned certain characteristics to the term masculinity. Men have been socialized into believing that certain characteristics are definitive in deciding their manliness and their level of masculinity. These characteristics range from not crying when they get hurt to being and playing violently. The socialization of masculinity in our society begins as early as the first stages of childhood. In the video documentary called "Tough Guise," Jackson Katz, succeeds in providing a persuasive examination of the relationship between the images in pop culture and the social …show more content…
In an analysis that cuts across racial, ethnic, and class lines, Katz examines violence against women, day-to-day gun violence, mass shootings, gay-bashing, bullying, and American militarism against the backdrop of a culture that has normalized violent and regressive forms of masculinity in the face of challenges to traditional male power and authority. Along the way, the film provides a stunning look at the violent, sexist, and homophobic messages boys and young men routinely receive from virtually every corner of the culture, from television, movies, video games, and advertising to pornography, the sports culture, and U.S. political culture. Tough Guise 2 stands to empower a new generation of young men -- and women -- to challenge the myth that being a real man means putting up a false front and engaging in violent and self-destructive behavior. All of these aspects within the film succeed in providing the information in the most accurate and straight forward …show more content…
When speaking about the media talking about the “Wussification of America” he presents how this term is often used in the news and the media but he only shows Fox news broadcasters which lean more toward the right winged side of the media and news. He presents the ideas of only fox news on this subject which shows that this idea was only presented by the more conservative side of the media. Though this is very telling about the right winged side of the media it does not present the left winged or liberal thoughts on the “Wussification of America” and therefore causes this issue to lose some of its credibility. Nonetheless, Katz presents a compelling argument throughout the film and succeeds in displaying the information