Hyper-Masculinity Analysis

The generation of future men is at risk for there is only two perspectives of a guy. Sameer Pandya argues that men at a young age are forced to follow a path of superhero or slacker. He states that the options for men are becoming limited for the reasoning of masculinity. Men are supposed to resemble superhero 's who have tons of money, women, and supply of guns instead of the opposed funny slacker. This is significant for it is forcing young boys to choose a path, even though an availability for jobs in the future is not guaranteed. The reason being is that two different characteristics given are forcing men to move in a different direction than what is wanted in jobs. The superhero and slacker characteristic has been forced upon generations …show more content…
If a boy chooses the slacker person it ties in with hyper-masculinity for they both share the characteristic that they have no real emotions and rarely show them. The superhero characteristic and hyper-masculinity both share the persona of great physical strength and their exploitation viewpoint on women. The media and relationships with people that show closed off men and aggressive ones are a part of the hyper-masculinity stereotype. This later interferes with men being because they do not know how to express themselves or interact with other people in proper …show more content…
By opening up boys to having strong relations is also opens up job opportunities because men will then able to express themselves more. This is showing an unbroken cycle that each father passes down thus affecting with the masculinity of a boy. The cycle affects these men for they have already a planed way of acting and thinking which causes them not being open to new changes. Men are struggling because of the two different characteristics forced upon them, therefore, allowing women to progress in different