The Role Of Masculinity In High School Academics

In efforts to raise the achievement level and character development of boys, my community group and I have come to the most suitable conclusion of experimenting with single-sex classrooms. Many issues have arose that need to be discussed. These considerations include the issue of males being too afraid to show and execute their true self because it might belittle their “masculinity,” along with high school sports, and problem of falling behind in school academics. Male teenagers in today’s society mainly have two things on their mind that affects every decision they make, and the word is “masculinity” and “girls.” They are put under the pressure of the stereotype that every male has to have manliness. But what is hidden behind this persona may not be considered “manly” at all. In the passage Being a Man by Paul Theroux, he stated, “ It makes it very hard for a creative youngster, for any boy who expresses …show more content…
Instead of focusing on school, he is worried about impressing girls and taking up a sport to show off his manliness. Society pressure boys into becoming just like everyone else where the quarterback gets the captain of the cheer squad, otherwise you will be stuck as an outcast and become invisible. In addition, the author wrote, “ girls find themselves drawn more to “traditional” displays of masculinity...I would have to devote to ensuring that my son’s true self would not be entirely snuffed out by the cultural imperative.” (575) Walker describes how parents then begin worry if their child will develop into who they truly are, or if they will get sucked into the traditional ways of high school. Splitting boys from girls would help to decrease the pressure of doing something they do not particularly want to participate in just because “it” is the