I really enjoyed
reading the article Man Up by Gomez this past week because it talks about how
men have to have this persona of being manly and not showing emotions. Throughout
history we have seen that men put on this front and have to act tough to show others
that they are strong and doing well in life. Since talking about it in class I
have noticed my surroundings more and listened to men talk near me and I see
that they feel they have to be this type of way to the world. I do not think
this is just and American thing for men, I think that all over the world men
are created to look a certain way and act a certain way. For women, we also
have these stereotypes and ideas about how we are supposed to act and behave.
Communication and culture have shown us that no matter where we are there will
always be these norms and ideas of how each sex should act, but I have noticed
that in today’s society that norm is starting to change.
In an article called
“The New Dad” it talks about how these norms are changing and evolving that it
is okay for the dad to stay at home with the children and the mom can go to
work and be the breadwinner. But the article also states that people applaud dads
when they take time off of work to go do things with their children and how
they are idolized as a great dad for being involved, but moms are still looked
down upon for taking time off of work to help their kids. It is so interesting to
me to see how society categorizes these everyday moves into what makes up a
good father or mother and a bad one.
I think this ties
back into what we were talking about in class because society and each culture
has its own interpretation of what it is like to live in todays world and how
to go about it. Every culture has its own unique way of living and going about
life so we cannot say that one person or group does something better or worse
than others.
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