4. Use the controversy about “boy crisis” pg 335 to reflect upon the risks and benefits of taking a problem based approach to the study of the psychology of men and boys. What might be an alternative? Use at least three online references to support your position. Include relevant facts and assumptions before describing your own position and conclude by identifying useful research that might be undertaken to clarify or address the issue. A major risk in taking the problem based approach to the study of psychology of men and boys is that it can backfire as not being a needed field of study, since many feel males have always dominated all fields of study just by the virtue of being men, so how can men have problems? This becomes especially true when we try to compare women v men instead of men v. the social strings that guide them. The role of masculinity
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Compare and contrast: gender; gender stereotypes, gender roles, gender identity and ‘doing gender.’ Include a discussion of causal explanations including a) social forces, b) learning roles, and c) inborn traits.
In discussing gender and what it means to the male it is important to realize to what degree beliefs in gender are dictated by society or dictated by biology. Being born biologically a man is simple enough they gravitate towards predetermined inborn traits. However, when we add in social pressures from society the definition of being a man becomes hard to define. Men find themselves under social pressure to behave the way men do in their culture. Boys and men then start abiding by the gender stereotypes set out for them that they cannot interpersonally connected like a woman and should not be weak or gentle. For some men who are emotional they cannot live up to the ideal of this traditional masculine role and it will have negative effects on their own gender identity. Not being able to express who you truly are and surprising naturally occurring tendencies leads to hyper masculinity in
Compare and contrast: gender; gender stereotypes, gender roles, gender identity and ‘doing gender.’ Include a discussion of causal explanations including a) social forces, b) learning roles, and c) inborn traits.
In discussing gender and what it means to the male it is important to realize to what degree beliefs in gender are dictated by society or dictated by biology. Being born biologically a man is simple enough they gravitate towards predetermined inborn traits. However, when we add in social pressures from society the definition of being a man becomes hard to define. Men find themselves under social pressure to behave the way men do in their culture. Boys and men then start abiding by the gender stereotypes set out for them that they cannot interpersonally connected like a woman and should not be weak or gentle. For some men who are emotional they cannot live up to the ideal of this traditional masculine role and it will have negative effects on their own gender identity. Not being able to express who you truly are and surprising naturally occurring tendencies leads to hyper masculinity in