Cycle Of Socialization Analysis

From the second that a baby is born into this exhilarating and fast-paced world, they are instantaneously born into a never-ending cycle of socialization. In this moment, they are given social identities that will assist in describing who they are, who they are going to be, and their individual role. In this cycle, adolescents are informed about multiple stereotypical messages, which are learned through the ones they love and trust, and by mass media. It is in the core of this cycle of socialization where the stereotypical messages of feminism are created and sustained with the assistance of the all-powerful patriarchy. Several assumptions believed by anti- and non-feminists are that feminism is no longer needed and feminism is only for women. …show more content…
As a result, women came from the relationships with built up anger, which was used to start a women’s liberation. As women’s liberation continued to grow, it also increased in popularity, bringing in more women. However, “As the movement progressed, as feminist thinking advanced, enlightened feminist activists saw that men were not the problem, that the problem was patriarchy, sexism, and male domination” (Hooks 67). Just a few short years later, feminist thinkers united to consider in which ways patriarchy stripped men of their certain and individual rights. The anti-sexist men who supported feminist theory from the beginning became comrades and allies of the feminist struggle. Despite the fact that the movement was able to attract a group of both females and males, at the time, it was still difficult to see the feminist movement as nothing but anti-male. In order to change people’s minds, feminist theory needed “to effectively address the issue of not just what males might do to be anti-sexist but also what an alternative masculinity might look like” (Hooks 70). The only plausible vision feminists sought was men becoming more “feminine”, which allowed for their self-esteem and self-love to be the basis of their identity. “Patriarchal masculinity teaches men that their sense of self and identity, their reason for being, resides in their capacity to dominate others” (Hooks 70). In order to change this idea, men must critique and challenge male domination of society. “Many men in this nation feel troubled about the nature of their identity. Even though they cling to patriarchy they are beginning to intuit that it is part of the problem” (Hooks 71). Men are starting to feel anger due to patriarchy’s failure in providing all that it has promised. With