Social/Cultural Construction of Masculinity
Be a man. The understanding of masculinity has revealed that masculinity is not 'natural'. This crisis of masculinity exists in modern Western culture—films, talk shows, and billboards have increasingly altered the meaning of manhood by identifying a person who behaves peaceably rather than violently or dominatingly, a person who is hardly able to throw a football, is uninterested in sexual conquest, and so forth as an un-masculine person. Popular sayings such as ‘like a girl’ or ‘like a man,’ as well as the amusing features that can be found in magazines along the lines of 'How manly is your man?', with a list of attributes to be rated or boxes to be ticked, verify that femininity and masculinity …show more content…
Rather, male gender roles decreed by nature, but are artificially ordained by society. “The Mask You Live In” investigates this narrow definition of masculinity that is subjecting men to an incredibly solitary existence when they refuse to outwardly communicate. With this awareness, I comfort young males with the realization that there is more than a fixed way to 'be a man' by challenging destructive common norms in public culture. "Masculinities” and “femininities" are dynamic, they adjust to socio-cultural processes, not biology. Tolerating suffering without exhibiting emotions by being invulnerable is detrimentally affecting humanity, fostering the idea that male dominance is ‘natural.’ It is no secret that men refuse to discuss their emotions for the reason that we have perpetuated this masculine ideal that leads to the constraint of an unbearable pain and severe despondency, in particular, eventually evolving into fury. This tragic fate originates when they are instructed to “man up.” When children begin formulating words, they are told that a natural instinctive display of emotions is a form of weakness. In view of this, men are four times more likely than females to commit suicide, male students have a higher percentage of dis enrollment, and act defiantly in class. The majority of men are perhaps not cognizant of these …show more content…
In order to change this, the myth of gender roles must be perpetuated entirely by conquering the confines of what to do and what not to do. These stereotypes also hurt men by persuading society to frown upon men who choose more “feminine” roles—teaching or nursing. Women are forced to modify into a predetermined idea of what a woman “should” be—supportive, caretaker, and housemaker—whereas a man “should” be stoic, unemotional, and forceful. Sheryl Sandberg noticed that women reach a point of stagnation in their careers when they are under the pressure of doing well, underrating their
Be a man. The understanding of masculinity has revealed that masculinity is not 'natural'. This crisis of masculinity exists in modern Western culture—films, talk shows, and billboards have increasingly altered the meaning of manhood by identifying a person who behaves peaceably rather than violently or dominatingly, a person who is hardly able to throw a football, is uninterested in sexual conquest, and so forth as an un-masculine person. Popular sayings such as ‘like a girl’ or ‘like a man,’ as well as the amusing features that can be found in magazines along the lines of 'How manly is your man?', with a list of attributes to be rated or boxes to be ticked, verify that femininity and masculinity …show more content…
Rather, male gender roles decreed by nature, but are artificially ordained by society. “The Mask You Live In” investigates this narrow definition of masculinity that is subjecting men to an incredibly solitary existence when they refuse to outwardly communicate. With this awareness, I comfort young males with the realization that there is more than a fixed way to 'be a man' by challenging destructive common norms in public culture. "Masculinities” and “femininities" are dynamic, they adjust to socio-cultural processes, not biology. Tolerating suffering without exhibiting emotions by being invulnerable is detrimentally affecting humanity, fostering the idea that male dominance is ‘natural.’ It is no secret that men refuse to discuss their emotions for the reason that we have perpetuated this masculine ideal that leads to the constraint of an unbearable pain and severe despondency, in particular, eventually evolving into fury. This tragic fate originates when they are instructed to “man up.” When children begin formulating words, they are told that a natural instinctive display of emotions is a form of weakness. In view of this, men are four times more likely than females to commit suicide, male students have a higher percentage of dis enrollment, and act defiantly in class. The majority of men are perhaps not cognizant of these …show more content…
In order to change this, the myth of gender roles must be perpetuated entirely by conquering the confines of what to do and what not to do. These stereotypes also hurt men by persuading society to frown upon men who choose more “feminine” roles—teaching or nursing. Women are forced to modify into a predetermined idea of what a woman “should” be—supportive, caretaker, and housemaker—whereas a man “should” be stoic, unemotional, and forceful. Sheryl Sandberg noticed that women reach a point of stagnation in their careers when they are under the pressure of doing well, underrating their