MASCULINITIES: Review for Midterm/Blog Post #6

MASCULINITIES: Review for Midterm/Blog Post #6: "Please take out your Venn diagrams and proofread it. Then compose a Works Cited page for the two readings on the basis of which you composed..."


"The Male Myth"
Shows How masculinity is like a myth and there is no solution.
Shows how seperation of boys and girls during ones youth effects the relationships in the future when it changes to having women makes you mmasculine.
Introduces male personalities portrayed in photos.
The Rock: Describes a strong independent leader who is sturdy and unmovable.
The Leaner: a Dependent male who relies on others so support him.
The Face Off: Intense facial expressions.

Both segments speak about the Males who do not have much power.
The Seperation between bothe genders creates future conflicts

"The Black Male"
Seperation of family: black males not able to claim relatives because families were torn apart.
Introduces African American problems and struggles within society.
Man vs Society: the stereo types of African American males never being around.
Man vs Man: Conflicts within African Americans males is the biggest problems that they have.
Man vs Self: conflicts African Americans have within themselves resulting from matriarchy and not having power and not having say in slave days.



Marable, Manning. “The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes.” Men’s Lives 5th ed. Eds. Michael S. Kimmel, Michael S. Messener. New York Allyn and Beacon, 2001. 17-23.. Print

Theroux, Paul. “The Male Myth."Across Cultures a Reading for Writers seventh edition. Shenna Gillespie, Robert Becker. New York: Pearson and Longman, 2008. 101-105. Print