Second Hand Man Essay

Starting from the time a baby is born, he or she hears a series of different compliments. Infant boys often hear “What a strong guy” or “Look how smart you are!”. Girls often hear “What a gorgeous girl!” or “All the boys are going to chase after her!”. The boys compliments tend to focus on active qualities while the girls compliments focus on appearance or passive qualities. Even at an infantile age, society has expectations on what it means to be masculine or feminine. Further, people grow up…

heterosexuality. Brad’s ability to manipulate Jan by instilling in her the idea that her suitor might be homosexual highlights the fear of homosexuality existing in society at this time. To not fit the guidelines of masculinity meant that one was not a real man. As the editor of Playboy, Ray Russell, put it, this new bachelor-centered society was “‘in favor of any kind of sexual liberation, as long as it was heterosexual liberation’” (Fraterrigo, 55). Men were allowed to be free from their…

the head of the household. Women get equally or sometimes a better job than their spouse. Women are more independent compared to the 1984’s. In the 1984’s women were most likely house wives and that was their ‘place’. Women stayed at home while the man was out working brining in the household income. Now in present time, a woman that work and bring income to the household is more socially acceptable compared to 1984. There are even cases in present day that the woman of the household is the one…

Margaret Mead, a leading anthropologist in the 60’s and 70’s emphasizes: “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think”. Both boys and girls are taught what is normal and what is not from a young age by their parents. Children reared with these thoughts, hold this bias into their adulthood which is seen through the characterizations of these stands from the two passages, The Guy Code: Bros Before Hos by Michael Kimmel and Girl by Jamaica Kincaid. These predispositions to what to…

Oscar Wilde does an excellent job utilizing Heteronormativity and Homosocialality to portray masculinity throughout his book, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Heteronormativity is the idea that heterosexuality is the only established sexual orientation. While, Homosocialality focuses more on the idea that men can bond with men without being labeled homosexual. The three main characters, Basil, Lord Henry and Dorian, experience many situations that illustrate these two theories. There is also an…

communicating. Members in larger groups usually have less opportunities to voice their thoughts and opinions. Throughout this movie I observed how a group of jurors, 12 men, communicated with each other to determine the fate of an 18 year old accused young man. This movie perfectly portrayed the different stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, and performing. In the beginning of the movie the 12 men are taken into a room where all of them must find a way to communicate with…

there is no real reason to establish one’s dominance. It is when a man or a boy are in a male dominant group they are part taking in something an individual(s) may not prefer not to do so, but feels they cannot stand against the situation. If the individual may feel, if they were to go against the guys that they will lose their masculinity in the process. As it was said in my Soc 328 class, Men can only give other men power. Being a man in our society seem to be important if you are not given…

But how do we change the entire world? Before we go there, let me give you my definition of a true alpha. My definition of a true alpha is the kind of man every boy wants to become. But I think we can remove the gender limitation and define it as the hero every child wants to be. Back to your question. In short, you can’t change the world, but you can change yourself. And if everyone changed themselves…

The Glass Castle, written by Jeannette Walls, has a recurring theme of abuse by people in respected positions. The article, “Hollywood Actors Speak of ‘Rampant’ problem of Male Abusers Targeting Men,” written by Sam Levin, discusses the idea of older men using their power to target younger individuals. A clear similarity of these two sources is the idea of power being abused by individuals, to target those who are vulnerable. In recent times, there has been an influx of allegations made against…

often seems difficult for a woman to be as successful in her career compared to her male peers. For most of history it has been expected of women to remain in the home, only concerned with domestic issues. It is typically harder for a woman than a man to be hired into higher level positions in the workplace although women are just as capable. Through Madam Secretary: A Memoir, Madeleine Albright proves the importance of women having the confidence to speak up for themselves and pursue careers in…