Manhood Argument Essay

According to Theroux, the concept of manhood is to "Be stupid, be unfeeling, obedient, soldierly, and stop thinking". (179) In processing manhood in such a negative way, he makes The United States jumps into the question of, what is a person trying to be if he 's to not trying to be manly, however he fails to clearly outline any of the words that he uses in his definition. In this article Theroux displays the expectation of men from different communities, he also stresses specifically on the struggle of being a male writer in America. Theroux says growing up as boy’s progress towards becoming a man, we constantly hear common statements such as “Man up!” or “Be a man!” Every day we see that many boys are expected to always act like “men”, whether …show more content…
Being obedient is a great characteristic of manliness. For example being obedient falls in the category of following directions and when you’re a child you’re always told to be obedient towards your parents which is a key part of childhood. Also when you get a job and your boss tells you something you need to do, it’s good to know how to follow directions and be obedient. Having or showing Strength is another good characteristic of being a man. When I talk about being strong I’m talking about mental and physical strength. Men are the protectors and leaders and with their strength they can fulfill their duties. Now the negative characteristics of manliness are a little over the top in my opinion because not every man is stupid and unfeeling. I can definitely argue that there are plenty of men out there that are passionate, emotional and sensitive. The fact that this is the typical stereotype in American Society is Appalling, but we except it unfortunately. The bottom line is that stupidity and unfeelingness can be a characteristic of everyone in America, not just …show more content…
I would partially agree with the statement about gentlemen like athletes because I don’t think I could name ten of them. Although I think there probably are I good amount of athletes that are gentlemen, but those athletes aren’t the popular ones. On the other hand, I would definitely disagree with the part about high school sports. Most coaches of high school sports teach you to not be a sore loser, it usually about building character and life lessons. Also, I think it’s absolutely absurd to say that high school sports create bad marriages, moral degenerates, and latent rapists. There are a number of other things that cause those things and high school sports isn’t one of them. I would like to see the statistics that imply that because I think that’s completely