Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The Lost Identity of Males

The ideals of "becoming a man" has historically shaped the world with fear, conformity, and unearned power.  The homosocial enactment is ingrained in men's mind and what ultimately created sexism, homophobia, and racism. The thought the men will be disowned, physically assaulted, and excluded in society for even being the slightest bit “feminine”.  What even deems in action of femininity? Well in society standards it's being weak, emotional, or simply wearing the color pink. As Michael Kim Mom states in his essay, masculinity as homophobia: fear, shame, in the silence in the construction of gender identity", "men are under the constant careful scrutiny of other men- Women have in men's minds, such a low place on the social ladder of this country that it's useless to the find yourself in terms of a woman”. Let's use a man buying a pack of tampons for an example of what Kimmel is saying: men have issues buying tampons in public because of the fear of another man seeing him buying it. Another man might see this as a weakness because they seem "whipped” (Being completely controlled by a woman to the point where you will do or say anything that she tells you to.) . Not because women "the weaker sex" will google seeing it or even approve because it is not actually a big deal. With all of this in mind when was understand that no one can have equal rights until men stop thinking of themselves as the "all-powerful gender police" is start standing up with the rest of us to make this world a better place.


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