Masculinity And Homelessness

Visualize a scenario where you are with a friend walking the French Quarter in New Orleans during the day. The area is filled with a warm and engaging atmosphere and this energy presumably rubs off on you. You notice someone beside you after the third rattle of coins in a rusty old mackerel can. The person is dressed from the waist down in Mitch matching shoes both exposing the toes, and uses a blanket made up entirely of knitted fabric of sorts. Typically you would recoil just from the contrast of appearance but this may not be entirely true. If we look further into it, it may be the contrast of appearing settings. We notice someone who is dressed begging for change in an environment that contradicts what's being seen. This resorts to instincts, all not …show more content…
The spectrum is inconceivable. What is believed to be your social instincts have replicated an idea of what is not known, based on what is known. One example could be how a gender of this homeless person has already been decided without any evidence. Essentially, the focus is to further explain a persons reaction to homeless people and homelessness in America based on their social qualities society has given them. The variables are endless , demographics along with race gender and class have some of the bigger effects on the possible diversity of the results. The following information has been gathered based on a set of surveyed questions I asked individuals on campus on how they felt about homelessness on a very general term. Out of the 40 people questioned, 80 percent were degree seeking students while the 20 percent consisted of faculty and staff. Eighty-Five percent feel in the middle to upper class category.The vast majority of people ( 95%) agreed that homelessness is a major issue and should be addressed in this upcoming election. When asked about race, 80 percent answered European American , 15 percent said African American/ Black , and 5 percent were Asian