Odd Man Out

Picture yourself stranded on a sinking boat in the middle of the ocean. Would you attempt to save yourself and everyone on board or completely give up on the idea of escaping this tragedy? Would you expect help to come for you or step up and try to lead everyone to safety yourself? Luckily, in the short story “The Open Boat” written by Stephen Crane, he answers these questions in his writing that is about four crew members on a boat that have found themselves faced with this exact dilemma. This…

wonderfully timid and attributed that to why they don’t have any steel, iron, and weapons. The Natives were very friendly people, they would never say no. They’re always willing to help out their fellow people and be happy with whatever they got in return. He continues with the observations he made about the role of man and woman. He finds it strange that the woman do more work than the men.…

Women’s representation in our culture is no new problem. As long as society as existed, it has been a topic of debate. The overwhelming pressure on both men and women by the media can sometimes be suffocating. In the article Out-of-Body Image by Caroline Heldman, she writes about how women are influenced by the media to think of themselves as objects. To be viewed by people through how they appear, and how society wants them to appear. At younger and younger ages, women and girls are sexualized…

deodorants that were designed to appeal to their eyes. It’s pink or purple with frilly fonts. As for men in this same department, the deodorants look dark and have no frilly fonts. They scream, “I’m a man!”, with the dark colors and bolded letters that are somewhat appealing to men. Another thing I want to point out is the face masque’s that they have at Walmart. They are indeed intended for women but I noticed that they had a special face masque especially for men. After all, both sexes acquire…

“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.” As said by Malcom X, this quote promotes the go getter attitude that those of an oppressed community must possess. Upon reading this line, I couldn’t help but think that it fully summarized the course itself. While discovering the many neighborhoods in Chicago, it seemed apparent that each carried its own vibe. From the affluent area of old town to the modest area of Pilsen, each…

men love wearing thongs for more or less the same reasons why women love wearing them. The respective men’s underwear style might look like an outrageous piece of basic clothing but has many advantages that make men go head over heels. There are men out there who need proofs for everything, including the reasons to wear these hot underwear and that’s exactly I will be doing here. Let us look at the reasons for which you should wear or at least try Good Devil thongs. Secret pleasure givers:…

Physical wounds of war strip man of his confidence in personal image and force him to place prior ideals of body composition above the reality of his condition. State of mind begins to control the wounded man and drives him to depression as he struggles to adapt to physical deformities, weaknesses, insecurities which cloud his mind and drive him away from his ordinary routine. This scarred man faces…

in gender are dictated by society or dictated by biology. Being born biologically a man is simple enough they gravitate towards predetermined inborn traits. However, when we add in social pressures from society the definition of being a man becomes hard to define. Men find themselves under social pressure to behave the way men do in their culture. Boys and men then start abiding by the gender stereotypes set out for them that they cannot interpersonally connected like a woman and should not…

better about this, but we haven’t always been good about it. We place people in boxes according to their gender and expect every female and every male to act in similar ways. If someone is not acting according to their gender roles they are considered odd and looked down upon many times. I really like the idea that Native Americans don’t force a gender on a baby. The baby is allowed to become its’ own person based on the experiences and interests that they have. It just amazes me that the Native…

Chaucer portrays the women’s role as a servant to the man because they are seen as the ones who are supposed to cook and clean in the household. In The Miller’s Tale, Alison, a young, wild, and very pretty woman is married to John the Carpenter who is much older than she is. Although back then a person was supposed to marry someone around the same age, “[John] had fallen in the snare” (Chaucer 89), and he became afraid a younger man would take her from him. On account of this, he would have…