The Tough

It is a common practice throughout life where we are confronted with ethical dilemmas. We are faced with tough choices to make and they often viewed as convoluted circumstances with no clear answer or solution. However, ethical dilemmas are more complicated to define as tough choices or hard decisions one must make. Difficult interactions that we engage with one another is on the dating scene which can cause multiply opportunities for temptations. Several choices and scenarios play out when one…

graduate from college than wealthy or middle class students. So, David Laude and other researchers have been looking into why poor students struggle in college, and why they have a low rate of graduating and how to influence student mentality in college (Tough, 2014). Most wealthy and middle class students get chance to have more opportunity by having better resources, such as having the ability to afford private schools equipped with excellent facilities, AP courses, information technology,…

In “Violence against Women” by Renzetti and Bergen, they explain how men use their strength and aggressiveness to harass women and other men. They did a study on 53 college males and found out that, 51 percent indicated a likelihood that they themselves, would rape a girl if assured of not being punished. They write, “To prove one’s self as being capable of performing under these circumstances was a substantial challenge and also a source of reward. One gang rapist articulated this feeling very…

manhood. At an early age, boys are explicitly and implicitly commanded to act tough. They are not able to emit crucial feelings such as sorrow, they are unable to show emotions, they are told to not back down, and are instructed to put up a “tough guy” front. Basic qualities such as empathy, fear, and love are driven out by society which says anger is the go to method to establish masculine credibility. In the film Tough Guise 2, it is depicted that men must conform to…

just affect the children, but the other spouse can be affected as well. He has the opportunity to watch people handle their grief and help them through it. Watching a mother suffer from depression as she lost her husband and then her sister can be tough, but seeing her overcome those obstacles is one of the rewards that come with social work.…

My Identity defines me as a Humble Beast. A Humble Beast has 3 major characteristics. A Humble Beast prefers actions to words, puts others before himself, and can bring the inner beast out when needed. In my eyes I’m a Humble Beast. I have been nominated for and have won several different awards in different fields. I won first place in The Mahogany Brain Challenge, a black history trivia competition, two years in a row. I was awarded MVP for my recreational basketball team at…

to race and brags about how she always wins. Squeaky is a tough and hardworking character who wants her brother to have something of his own. Squeaky is tough because she sticks up for her brother. Like when Gretchen and Rosie go up to Raymond and say, “What grade are you in now, Raymond?” Squeaky replies, “If you have anything to say to my brother, you say it to me, Mary Louise Williams of Raggedy Town, Baltimore.” She is also tough because she’s not scared of anyone. Squeaky is…

and one of the Greasers that is named Johnny dies. Johnny Cade is described as tough, shy or nervous, and brave. First of all, Johnny shows in the story that he is tough. In the story it states, “Johnny had it awful rough at home--- it took a lot to make him cry” (Hinton, page 5). This proves that even after all Johnny has been through it still takes a lot to make him cry. It is basically showing that he is tough. He holds it all in,…

Societyś message that men are tough pressures the characters in the things they carried to hide their actual feelings. Curt Lemon is one of the men stationed in Vietnam and one day the military sends a dentist to do quick repairs and all of the men are fine with it besides Curt. He is the type of person that hated the dentist and didn't want to get any work done. But when his name is called he goes into the tent and he sits on the desk and then he faints.. This then caused him to wake up the…

An individual behavior can be affected by the environment that they are in. Depending on the environments a person will be affected less more by the stereotype threat set by that certain environment. Making that one individual feel the need to confine with the stereotype set by societies to feel normal and accepted. In chapter five of Steel closet, Anne Balay focus on the different identities gay men identified with within a setting which masculinity plays a big role. The steel production is…