Men struggle to identify themselves while battling societies definition of masculinity. Films like The Mask You Live In, written, produced and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, depict the way men are pressured by the media, their friends, religion, and parents. Society needs to change painting the way a man should act. Men are brought up to fear showing emotion, visibility and love, as a result parents especially fathers hold back from hugging and physically showing love to their kids. Boys are also physically criticized, and trained to be a man you have to be aggressive. Men are also encouraged to be violent; they are taught through parents, friends, video games and entertainment television. In the film, The Mask You live in, the viewer
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Kids can learn from how to kiss a girl to how to be a “man.” Entertainment media, depicts men as heroes, strong and desirable to women. Therefore, It creates expectations for men to live up too. Films depicted “hyper-sexualization,” according to "Briefly" 100 top-grossing films at the US box-office in 2007, 4.6% of male characters were seen dressed in “sexualized attire,” and 6.6% were shown “with some nudity.” Men are also attacked for their looks. An ideal man is muscular, strong, Attractive to women and always a hero. Entertainment media makes it okay for men to be womanizers. Society sets a lot of double standards. Men are also out high expectations in society, but it often ignored. This is because of the way society has normalized boys to fear weakness. Violent video games for boys have also been proven to be very influential. Video games like Call of duty, Madden, Death space, Medal of Honor, Mortal Kombat, Halo Reach, Mafia II, depict violence. Studies have shown 64% contained intentional violence and 60% rewarded players for injuring a character. Young boys are influenced by video games and movies to become more violent; it may result in a school shooting, fights, and sexual
Kids can learn from how to kiss a girl to how to be a “man.” Entertainment media, depicts men as heroes, strong and desirable to women. Therefore, It creates expectations for men to live up too. Films depicted “hyper-sexualization,” according to "Briefly" 100 top-grossing films at the US box-office in 2007, 4.6% of male characters were seen dressed in “sexualized attire,” and 6.6% were shown “with some nudity.” Men are also attacked for their looks. An ideal man is muscular, strong, Attractive to women and always a hero. Entertainment media makes it okay for men to be womanizers. Society sets a lot of double standards. Men are also out high expectations in society, but it often ignored. This is because of the way society has normalized boys to fear weakness. Violent video games for boys have also been proven to be very influential. Video games like Call of duty, Madden, Death space, Medal of Honor, Mortal Kombat, Halo Reach, Mafia II, depict violence. Studies have shown 64% contained intentional violence and 60% rewarded players for injuring a character. Young boys are influenced by video games and movies to become more violent; it may result in a school shooting, fights, and sexual