Tough Guise? What does it mean to be a real man?
By Gregory Cioffi
EDI 550/551 Psychology of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 10, 2009
I feel pretty much the same about both videos we watched in class. Killing us Softly made some great points, but it was wrapped in “crap” as far as I'm concerned. The host tried to connect things that really didn't need to be connected, and I started to feel like it was a feminist film. She poked fun at half of the ads yet scrutinized society for doing the same. Half of those ads were comical, or ironic and should be treated as so.
Tough Guise certainly brought up a good point about the pressure put on modern males. However, once that message was established the rest of the film seemed repetitive and unnecessary.
I personally feel that pressure as a male too, and I also feel that in the last decade the media has portrayed men in the same unfair way as they have showing been women. However, you really don't hear men complaining about it as much. I feel like part of the “being a man” thing is a very positive lesson. It means that, as a man, you are responsible, trustworthy, protective, rational, and at the end of the day you get that job done and provide for you and your family. The advancement of women in society certainly makes our job easier and I think all men really want female equality. Being a man is how we ensure our independence and our success.
I actually think there aren't many real men out there anymore, in that stereotypical way, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
I think men, by nature, are very sensitive and caring creatures. We just show it differently, and hide our emotions more than women because sometimes those emotions come into conflict with this proper male image we were taught to encompass. This is why the few people to see our emotion would be the wife, or girlfriend because we are closest to those people. Being a man carries a certain degree of self-respect that many males seem to lack nowadays. I think it was very important for people to realize that this is what being a man is all about, and that does not include things like violence, cursing, and insensitivity. When I'm unsure of what to do Marlon Brando pops into my head with, “You can act like a man!” and that simply means do the right, responsible thing.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 10, 2009
I feel pretty much the same about both videos we watched in class. Killing us Softly made some great points, but it was wrapped in “crap” as far as I'm concerned. The host tried to connect things that really didn't need to be connected, and I started to feel like it was a feminist film. She poked fun at half of the ads yet scrutinized society for doing the same. Half of those ads were comical, or ironic and should be treated as so.
Tough Guise certainly brought up a good point about the pressure put on modern males. However, once that message was established the rest of the film seemed repetitive and unnecessary.
I personally feel that pressure as a male too, and I also feel that in the last decade the media has portrayed men in the same unfair way as they have showing been women. However, you really don't hear men complaining about it as much. I feel like part of the “being a man” thing is a very positive lesson. It means that, as a man, you are responsible, trustworthy, protective, rational, and at the end of the day you get that job done and provide for you and your family. The advancement of women in society certainly makes our job easier and I think all men really want female equality. Being a man is how we ensure our independence and our success.
I actually think there aren't many real men out there anymore, in that stereotypical way, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
I think men, by nature, are very sensitive and caring creatures. We just show it differently, and hide our emotions more than women because sometimes those emotions come into conflict with this proper male image we were taught to encompass. This is why the few people to see our emotion would be the wife, or girlfriend because we are closest to those people. Being a man carries a certain degree of self-respect that many males seem to lack nowadays. I think it was very important for people to realize that this is what being a man is all about, and that does not include things like violence, cursing, and insensitivity. When I'm unsure of what to do Marlon Brando pops into my head with, “You can act like a man!” and that simply means do the right, responsible thing.
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