Friday, December 16, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Course Reflections
The one assignment that I thought was fun to do was Research Paper #2. One reason on why this assignment was fun to do was because I worked with people in the class that I knew but never had a chance to work with. It was a fun experience working with them, they had great ideas and we got along well. Another reason why I like this assignment was because it was the fist time I wrote an academic essay in a group. I found this experience to be very interesting. I also learned how to cite works and how to write a better and more organized paper.
There was not one assignment that I did not care for, all the assignments that Miss.B assigned to us I tried my hardest and do my best on it.
In my opinion I felt that Blogger was a little confusing a first but after I got used to it I realized that it is a really useful tool because it’s a great way to communicate. One of the reasons why I think that the Blogger is a useful tool is because you can read your classmates work and get ideas from it when you are stuck. Also you can receive feedback from your classmates and professor.
This class was a great experience for me and I was really lucky to get a professor like Miss.B. because English is my second language and she understood my thoughts and helped me organize my work so that others would understand it to. I really see a difference in the way I write and think. This is my first semester in college and my first experience of education in the America, so I do not know what to expect from an English class or what were the possible assignment I would like to complete.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Blog Post # 12
Collective rituals of "girl hunting" are the strengthening of relationship between bromance and masculinity. That means that men need other men to get women. According to the article "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity" it conforms " 'girl hunt' itself proceeds as a strategic display of masculinity best performed with a suitable game partner. According to Christopher, a twenty two year old white senior, he and his cousin Darren 'go out together a lot. We enjoy each other's company and we seem to work well together when trying to meet women' "(Grazian 328). I choose this quote because I feel that it is related to the movie that we watched recently in class The Hangover. The roles of the men in the movie are similar to the reading by Grazian. They experienced the same collective rituals of " girls hunting" as they are looking for hookers, drinking and of course developing stronger friendships through their adventures. In the article Grazian described the importance of the girl hunting to masculinity. Throughout that process, men strengthen their own bonds and masculinity, also their self-esteem. Before the "girl hunt", men engage in collective rituals or "pregaming". "Pregaming" consists of drinking with their "boys" (Grazian 326). A good example of pregaming is in the movie The Hangover. The four friends go to Vegas for a bachelor party. The guys check in Caesar's Palace and get prepared to get loose for one wild night. They toast on top of a fancy hotel. Alan (who is the future brother in law of Doug the groom ) gives a speech that displays the concepts of men's excitement to be ready for "girl hunt." Alan said: "We are a wolf-pack of four wandering the desert, searching for strippers and cocaine." The men appear as though they are happy while they toast to a "male bond" that occurs between them. They are on the roof not only to celebrate their friendship, before one gets married, but also to get loose for one more night. Drinking " build confidence among young men in anticipation of the challenges that accompany the girl hunt"(Grazian 326). Throughout the drinking men strengthen their masculinity and self-esteem. In the movie The Hangover when men are standing on the top of the roof and are ready for the night, that affirms that male friendship provides an invaluable social base for males. The way men behave show that there is a close relationships between them that is socially constructed. One of characteristics of a masculinity attributed to men's behavior when they are in group. The same men's behavior and relationship we could see in the article "Girl Hunt" "As these young men dance arm-in-arm with one another, they generate the collective effervescence scene and sense of social connectedness necessary to plunge into the night life of the city... 'having fun with my boys prepares him for the girls hunt' "(Grazian 327). That means that men come together to boost their self-esteem and make themselves feel ready for "girls hunt". A Collective ritual of "girl hunting" is a key path to masculine status, and men need other men's involvement to get a woman.
Works Cited
Grazian,David "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as
Collective Activity" Mens Life 8ed. Ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner.
New York: Allyn&Bacon, 2010.320-337. Print.
The Hangover. Dir. Todd Phillips. Perf. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis.
Warner Bros, 2009.DVD.
Works Cited
Grazian,David "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as
Collective Activity" Mens Life 8ed. Ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner.
New York: Allyn&Bacon, 2010.320-337. Print.
The Hangover. Dir. Todd Phillips. Perf. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis.
Warner Bros, 2009.DVD.
Friday, May 27, 2011
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Blog Post # 9 Corltrane
Father involvements getting more in to children development. Fathers become involved with their children for many different reason. One of the reason is income, which is associated with father involvement. Many fathers are start take care of children, or share more family work, because mothers are became employed, and earned more money. Some mothers are employed more hours, than the fathers are. According to Pleck " When mothers of school-aged children are employed more hours, their husband tend to do a greater portion of the child care and housework, and father tend to be more involved to the extent that they view their wives career prospects more positively"( Coltrane 439).That means that father need to spend more hours with his children. Fathers involvement in their children lives is very important to children well-being, also it is influential for child's future life changes. Fathers who are involved in their child's life will have a great impact on their child's development. Mosley writes "Preschool children with father who perform 40% or more of the within-family child care show more cognitive competence, more internal locus of control......Adolescents with involved fathers are more likely to have positive developmental outcomes such as self-control, self-esteem, life skills, and social competence..."(Coltrane 441). Fathers who spend quality time with their children, produce more secure, disciplining and successful children. A loving father can bring happiness to his children, that will affect the rest of his children's life in positive manner.
Works Cited
Coltrane, Scott. "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction, and Dilemmas." Men's Lives.
8th ed.Ed. Michael S.Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon.
2010.431- 449. Print.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Blog Post # 8
Men in female-dominated professions such as nursing, elementary school teaching, librarianship and social work, experience a "glass escalator" effect. Because they able to advance further and faster, due to the quickly promotion, into the top positions. It is happens due to the traditional gender role and stereotypes; that men are expected to be in the chief roles.
Men were preferred in hiring, and were pushed toward administration, faster than female in jobs that are traditionally associated with women. Being a male provided an advantage in promotion, most of the men were get their job because of their gender. Williams states, "In several cases, the more female-dominated the specialty, the greater the apparent preference for men....... a Massachusetts nurse said, No no, none.....I've heart this from managers and supervisory-type people with men in pediatrics: "It's nice to have a men because it's such a female-dominated profession" (213). "...a social work professor said she would like to see more men enter the social work profession, particularly in the clinical specialty(where they are underrepresented)"(218). It appears that women were preferred to see men enter women occupations.
Women who entering traditionally male professions were face negative stereotypes at work. "Because women felt unaccepted by their male colleagues, one of the last thing they wanted to do was to emphasize their gender. Some women thought that, if they kept company with other women, this would highlight their gender and would further isolate them from male cadets. These women desperately wanted to be accepted as cadets, not as women cadets" (Williams 216). On the other hand "Men in nontraditional occupation face a different scenario- their gender is construed as a positive difference. Therefore, they have an incentive to bond together and emphasize their distinctiveness from the female majority"(Williams 216). Men in female-dominant professions experience a "glass escalator effect", but the women in same professions face "glass celling" effect.
Women who enter male field, where threated in a deferent way, from the men who were enter womens professions. Unlike men, women where faced discrimination in the male field. But men do not face discrimination in male field professions. Men in these professions often work under the direct supervision of other men, and their colleagues are also were men. But the women who entered male dominant professions, feel unacceptable by their male colleagues.Carothers and Crull in 1984 stated that: "Women report feeling excluded from informal leadership and decision- making networks, and they sense hostility from their male co-workers, which makes them feel uncomfortable and unwanted" (Williams 215).
Williams, Christine L. " The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in
the "Female" Professions".Men's Lives. 5th ed. Ed.Michael. S. Kimmel
and Michael A. Massner. New York: Allen & Bacon.2001. 211-224. Print.
Men were preferred in hiring, and were pushed toward administration, faster than female in jobs that are traditionally associated with women. Being a male provided an advantage in promotion, most of the men were get their job because of their gender. Williams states, "In several cases, the more female-dominated the specialty, the greater the apparent preference for men....... a Massachusetts nurse said, No no, none.....I've heart this from managers and supervisory-type people with men in pediatrics: "It's nice to have a men because it's such a female-dominated profession" (213). "...a social work professor said she would like to see more men enter the social work profession, particularly in the clinical specialty(where they are underrepresented)"(218). It appears that women were preferred to see men enter women occupations.
Women who entering traditionally male professions were face negative stereotypes at work. "Because women felt unaccepted by their male colleagues, one of the last thing they wanted to do was to emphasize their gender. Some women thought that, if they kept company with other women, this would highlight their gender and would further isolate them from male cadets. These women desperately wanted to be accepted as cadets, not as women cadets" (Williams 216). On the other hand "Men in nontraditional occupation face a different scenario- their gender is construed as a positive difference. Therefore, they have an incentive to bond together and emphasize their distinctiveness from the female majority"(Williams 216). Men in female-dominant professions experience a "glass escalator effect", but the women in same professions face "glass celling" effect.
Women who enter male field, where threated in a deferent way, from the men who were enter womens professions. Unlike men, women where faced discrimination in the male field. But men do not face discrimination in male field professions. Men in these professions often work under the direct supervision of other men, and their colleagues are also were men. But the women who entered male dominant professions, feel unacceptable by their male colleagues.Carothers and Crull in 1984 stated that: "Women report feeling excluded from informal leadership and decision- making networks, and they sense hostility from their male co-workers, which makes them feel uncomfortable and unwanted" (Williams 215).
Williams, Christine L. " The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in
the "Female" Professions".Men's Lives. 5th ed. Ed.Michael. S. Kimmel
and Michael A. Massner. New York: Allen & Bacon.2001. 211-224. Print.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Blog post # 7 Chicano Men and Masculinity.
According Zinn author "Chicano Men and Masculinity", Chicano male have Mexican heritage,"....it's lie in the historical conquest of Mexico by Spain involving the exploitation of Indian woman by Spanish men this producing the hybrid Mexican people"(25). In Chicano culture, all men are called macho male; they are "demands, ...respect and obedience not only from the wife but from the children as well"(Zinn 24). Chicano men are dominant, they think that they have power over their families. Chicano children learned from the young age, that man have to have certain stereotypes of masculinity, like their fathers: be aggressive and dominant.Chicano male have to make all decision in the house while woman expected to clean, cook take care of the house and children. Man have a final word in the family, and he expects to be respected by other family members. " The father is the unquestioned patriarch - the family provider, protector and judge. His word is low and demands strict obedience ( Zinn24). Chicano father displays those macho qualities to their sons, he enjoys patriarchal way of life, and expects from his son to retain the same power when they grow up. As dominance and physical abuse can be seen normal in Chicano families, so that idea of macho men pass from generation to generation. The young males start acting out in a way their father are; trying to be machismo too. Chicano men to prove their manhood are: abusive, controlling, excessive drinkers, fighters. Also they have negative stereotypes like: violence, laziness and criminality. They known as aggressive type and gangs members. They also establish they own language, a style of dressing and behavior. They can't adapt to the modern society.
Works Cited
Zinn, Maxine Baca." Chicano Men and Masculinity" Men's Life 5th ed. Ed.Michael Kimmel
and Michael Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001. 24-32. Print.
Works Cited
Zinn, Maxine Baca." Chicano Men and Masculinity" Men's Life 5th ed. Ed.Michael Kimmel
and Michael Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001. 24-32. Print.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Who's is the man?
If you consider you self as a man, you need to respond like a man and act like a man. That is the main idea for masculinity. I think that in a both articles the man a similar. In Poul Theroux "The Male Myth " he dislike to be as a man , because simply you can do certain jobs, like being a writer, it well be considered by society as incompatible with being a man and this is not masculine. According to Poul Theroux , to be considered masculine, man need hunt ducks, and carry knife, produce wealth. In the article Manning Marable "The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes" Black men also dislike to be man, as a slave. They can't do what they want to: be free, or to have family, but only what they supposed to be told to do by their master. And if they do show masculinity they were castrated.
Works Cited:
Marble, Manny."The Black Male: Search Beyond Stereotypes." Men's Live. 5ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A.Messner Ed. New York: Allyn and Bacon, 2001 p 17-23. Print.
Theroux, Paul. "The Male Myth." Across Cultures: A Reader for Writers. 7th ed. Sheena gillespie and Robert Becker Ed. New York: Person Longman, 2008. p 101-105. Print.
Works Cited:
Marble, Manny."The Black Male: Search Beyond Stereotypes." Men's Live. 5ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A.Messner Ed. New York: Allyn and Bacon, 2001 p 17-23. Print.
Theroux, Paul. "The Male Myth." Across Cultures: A Reader for Writers. 7th ed. Sheena gillespie and Robert Becker Ed. New York: Person Longman, 2008. p 101-105. Print.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Blog post # 4 "The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes."
Throughout history, slavery was justified in many different ways. Black men went through emasculation and discrimination. The conflict between Black man and white men span a number of years ago. Slavery, one of the most horrible experiences for Black men, they were emasculated due to the physical abuse, by white dominant society. Black men were tortured and beaten by their white masters; they had to do anything that their masters told them to do. According to Manning Marable "The Black Male : Searching Beyond Stereotypes," in the day of slavery Black men were treated almost like animals and were used for physical labor, represented a threat to the white controlled political system ; and "symbolized a lusty sexual potency that threatened white woman"(18). That was the three main beliefs of view on Black males. White men felt threaten that Black males were well endowed, so white men decided to castrate them. Also Black males were castrated simply for striking a white man or if they wanted to learn how to read or write. " Black male were one step above the animal- possessing awesome physical power but lacking in intellectual ability. Black men were castrated simply for striking a white man or for attempting to learn to read and write"(Marable 18). Their concept of masculinity was tainted by humiliation, and their inability to defy their masters. Also Black men went through discrimination. Black men had to struggle to gain equal rights, they where denied that privilege by white men. " Politically the Black make was unfit to play even a minor role in development of democracy"(18). Black men fight for the right to vote, they were told that there not worthy to elect. Even throughout the constitution it states that all men are created equally. After the Civil War, Congress passed the fifteenth Amendment, which gave Black males the right to vote. Since then black race has moved significantly between past time and present. This is what white people fear the most, that black people will establish and dominate themselves in today's society. Some Black males are dominating being, and they learn from daily life experiences.
Works Cited
Marable, Manning. "The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes" Men's Live 5th ed.
Ed.Michael S.Kimmel, and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001.
17-23. Print.
Works Cited
Marable, Manning. "The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes" Men's Live 5th ed.
Ed.Michael S.Kimmel, and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001.
17-23. Print.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
blog#3 Paul Theroux's" The Male Myth"
"I have always disliked being a man. The whole idea of manhood in America is pitiful, a little like having to wear an ill-fitting coat for ones entire life."(pg101)
If you consider yourself as a man you have to act like a man, and you have to respond like a man. This includes wearing certain clothing and fit into shoes that society considers to be appropriate. Also there is a certain way a man should appear and behave. But in many cases in America culture you must follow strict stereotypes to be a true man. Some of these stereotypes are being able to handle drinking alot of alcohol, winning fight, and being rude. Paul Theroux the author of "The Male Myth" thinks that type of behavior is wrong and carrying these trends are unacceptable and shocking that men act this way. He also thinks that the standards of men should change for the better.
If you consider yourself as a man you have to act like a man, and you have to respond like a man. This includes wearing certain clothing and fit into shoes that society considers to be appropriate. Also there is a certain way a man should appear and behave. But in many cases in America culture you must follow strict stereotypes to be a true man. Some of these stereotypes are being able to handle drinking alot of alcohol, winning fight, and being rude. Paul Theroux the author of "The Male Myth" thinks that type of behavior is wrong and carrying these trends are unacceptable and shocking that men act this way. He also thinks that the standards of men should change for the better.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
blog #2 The Importance of Gender
"Gender is one of the major ways that human begins organize their lives". In the early childhood it is very important to let child understand that he is a boy or a girl. It will help child in his/her future life. Very important for parents to build up a strong base for their children in terms what they are and who they are. Social construction of gender, social work, race, relationship between genders are important factors. It is very important for man to act like a man and for woman to act like a woman. Just the natural characteristic of the sex can be transformed and changed women becoming a men and the opposite. In a daily life we can see that some woman are looking like a man the way they act, communicate and dress. Some woman that do a mans job will develop mens habits and become manlike. Also, man who was raced by women, could act like a woman. It is very important for man to have a strong life experience, such a military school, play some sports, be a father and to play a man's role in the family. Based on the author Judith Labor conclusion, I agree that "sexual difference is itself a fundamental-and scientifically contested-construction".
Friday, March 11, 2011
Are males born or made?
In the world of John Monet socialization, not genetics plays a central role to construct masculinity. In his word:"If the child born a male but raised as female he becomes a heterosexual female." In my opinion it is true. The man’s are build. By the medical practitioners if the boys were born with the penis they are considerate as a male, but if they treated as girls, boys became feminized. Sometimes boys that genetically born as a boy, latter in their life decide to change their gender. I believe that because of guilt socialization. To born as a boy and then grow in a real man, boys need to be grow as a male. The important role plays society; it is important where a man grew up, who where around him. In my opinion, family plays a large contribution in a boy's life because they provide toys and clothing base on children's gender. For example, I knew one boy who was raised by grandmother and mother, he was the one who prefer to play with the girls and dolls. By the age of 14, he became look more like a girl he even start to produce a breast. Then his mother gets worried, and send him to Military school. In six month he completely change his appearance, he start looks more like a boy, and act like one. That’s why I think, that the man’s are build.
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