Tough Guise

Tough Guise What does it mean to be a man in society? Jackson Katz in the docuwork forcetary Tough Guise argues that social media puts a lot of drive on how men should look and act. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger is possibly one of the most popular role models for little boys and men today. Therefore when our society thinks of the ultimate m all man the first thing that comes to mind is strong, aggressive, tall, handsome, courageous, rough, tough, emotionless, insensitive, fearless and practical. hands should not be soft, submissive or weak. If a man would take the stand weakness in any way, there would be much criticism to follow.People fail to realize how their cultural expectations can be prejudicial to boys, men, women, and society as a whole. Our culture needs to be more excepting of what it truly means to be a man. Gender roles are taught to boys from the very day they are born. Parents treat sons and daughters differently. Little boys are taught to be tough. When lit tle boys cry their parents big businessman respond by telling him to grow up, and be a tough. However if a little girl did the same thing she would most likely give more sympathy from her parents. A good example of this is in athletics. It is acceptable for a female supporter to cry when an injury takes place.But male athletes are usually made fun of for being weak or sissies. These expectations can be harmful to boys and men. According to Dennis Thompson, some studies show men and women share more frantic similarities than differences. When men are forced to hold in their emotions, they are more likely to suffer from full(prenominal) blood pressure, and participate in riskier behaviors such as smoking or drinking. (Gender Differences in wound up Health. EverydayHealth. com. N. p. , n. d. Web. ) Boys and men should be allowed to grow up with non-stereotypical responses to their received emotional needs.Due to this tough guise persona, women suffer too. In the documentary Toug h Guise Jackson Katz talks about the modern multicultural womens military campaign. Katz explains how this movement in history has given men new intakes about relationships, work, and parenting. There are now galore(postnominal) young men today who are very open minded about relationships between men and women, and sexual equality. But there has also been a backlash. This means some men are not adjusting to these cultural changes. For example Howard Stern plays the role of a bad boy who is only famous for mortify women.Stern shows women as objects by airing them on television half naked and uses degrading names. Howard Stern makes young male viewers feel good about themselves by degrading women and regressing back to traditional prejudiced ways. Not only are young men ascertaining people like Howard Stern as the social norm, they are also being influenced by sexual military unit films. Many slasher films show women in sexually explicit ways right before they are being assault ed. Jackson Kratz seems to think this might be why so many men are sexually assaulting women. Violence is rapid among boys and men, which is impact our whole society. manpower and boys are being bullied in their schools. This is resulting in mass murders. In order to show laterality boys and men are relying on guns. In fact, the boys interviewed felt they needed to seek revenge on those who bullied them to observe their manhood. Luke Woodham, who carried out the Pearl, Mississippi, quoted people called me gay, stupid, fat, and lazy. Murder is not weak and slow-witted, murder is gutsy and daring. I am not insane I did this to show society that people like me are mistreated every day. ( The day Luke Woodham Killed All Those People. YouTube. YouTube, 15 Apr. 008. ) Luke Woodham was did not fit into societies cultural norm therefore felt the need to show his dominance by taking lifes. These are things society needs to think about. Unfortunately Men are putting up a front for societ y. With this being said men go finished a lot in order to fit the stereotypical manly man. Our culture needs to see all of the negative outcomes of putting this kind of pressure on men. Men should be allowed to be true to themselves without being judged. When men are expected to fit a certain stereotype, this sometimes results in violence against women, and society.