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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. 

Post #1 First Draft of Paper

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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.

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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".

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.