To answer that, we must define what society claims it means to be a man. There has to be more to the recipe then snips and snails and puppy dog tails. Eckert and McConnell explain that the first thing we want to know about a person, even a baby, is what sex it is, so we can start imposing gender on the baby. They write “The first thing people want to know about a baby is its sex, and conventions provides a myriad of props to reduce the necessity of asking-” (737) This explains that as soon as we find out the biological of sex a the child, we start using many different tools-- clothing, names, colors, actions, to express the gender of the child to the world. So what props do we use to determine if someone is a “man”? Men supposedly like sports, and the outdoors. Men are seen as aggressive and handy. Men have short hair, looser fitting dark colored clothing, and a more muscular build. Men have broad shoulders and a stiff walk. We have different expectations for men. We expect man to provide for a family. We want men to be less emotional, often telling young boys to stop crying like a girl. We expect them to be physically fit. This is all to say no male is born knowing any of this. This is all
To answer that, we must define what society claims it means to be a man. There has to be more to the recipe then snips and snails and puppy dog tails. Eckert and McConnell explain that the first thing we want to know about a person, even a baby, is what sex it is, so we can start imposing gender on the baby. They write “The first thing people want to know about a baby is its sex, and conventions provides a myriad of props to reduce the necessity of asking-” (737) This explains that as soon as we find out the biological of sex a the child, we start using many different tools-- clothing, names, colors, actions, to express the gender of the child to the world. So what props do we use to determine if someone is a “man”? Men supposedly like sports, and the outdoors. Men are seen as aggressive and handy. Men have short hair, looser fitting dark colored clothing, and a more muscular build. Men have broad shoulders and a stiff walk. We have different expectations for men. We expect man to provide for a family. We want men to be less emotional, often telling young boys to stop crying like a girl. We expect them to be physically fit. This is all to say no male is born knowing any of this. This is all