Guyland Michael Kimmel Essay

As a sociologist, Michael Kimmel's passion is to understand how individuals interact in society. His focus in the book "Guyland" was primarily on young boys between the ages of 16 to 26. The book described the many aspects that characterizes the life of young men. This book may be Michael Kimmel's opinions of young men from his experiences with them, but it speaks very truthfully on how all young men are as a whole. Of course he reiterates many times that this is not true for all men in this age group, but many of the ideas stated, one way or another apply to all young men in some way. In the book there are several aspects of guyland that are positive for men; they need to get out of their shells and be confident, they must work hard to achieve their desires. But there are also many negatives in guyland, like sexism, raping in college, the unrealistic standards of being a man, and the three cultures(Entitlement, Silence, Protection). All these negative aspects that …show more content…
He was remarkably persuasive, because of all his evidence and resources presented in the book. Kimmel conducted great research; he interviewed hundreds of college students, visited many school, colleges, and bars, and used theories from anthropologists, psychologists, and sociologists who have also studied young men to support his ideas. He gathers his information not only from male college students but also female to get the perspective of all varieties of people. Of course, these are just surveys of a handful of people, but can be used to described all young men. However there is a small flaw with Kimmel's research; it's majorly from the white perspective. There were some minority standpoints, but those can't speak for all minorities. With the new world becoming more diverse especially in college, there should have been more viewpoints from other ethnic