Essay On Guy Land

Guyland highlights what it means to transition from a boy to a man in American society today. American men have created their own culture during those crucial ages between 16 and 26 that is allowing them to act in a bewildering fashion. Kimmel writes the book in a way to describe Guyland as an actual place; a place where guys can figure themselves out, and decide how they fit in the world around them. The shocking truth about this book is that it shows that most men don’t want to figure out their lives, they only want to stay young forever and stay unattached from school, parents, and girlfriends. Guyland gets into the inner workings of most all male social groups and really uncovers the reason men from our current generation are the way that …show more content…
He studied every race, but white males the most. He found that they were the majority of guys who acted the most outrageously to prove themselves as men. Kimmel also studied not only men, but women. To understand one gender he had to understand the relationship of the two together also. One could tell that in Kimmel’s work he started with a very broad population, but could narrow it down the more he found out about different age groups and different races. It was not difficult for him to focus on college campuses, when there is such an abundance of them, especially ones with the stereotypical jocks and Greek fraternities. These guys were the ones that he was most interested in. He wanted to know how they became the way they were, and why they acted out to impress each other. The biggest question that struck me as important was why we allowed men to act in this way. Why does society allow males to see themselves as entitled, violent, and misunderstood when they don’t have to feel that way. I believe by the end of the novel Kimmel did answer all of his questions and come up with some solutions to hopefully change the attitude of the guys in our