Male Body Simulation

Summary: According to What Do Men Really Want? written by Eric Jaffe, men are more complex than originally thought. Jaffe talks about how men perceive women’s bodies, how attraction works, commitment, and the complexity of men. Most of the stereotypes people have predisposed toward men, backed by several researcher’s surveys and experiments, are found only partially true.

In Susan Bordo's essay "Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body," Bordo talks about the way ads portray the male body, and how these ads are a representation of the role males have in society. I agree with Bordo's main points: Men and women play opposite roles in the fashion world, and the way the male body is displayed is appealing to men and women regardless of their sexual orientation. The fact that in certain ads the male body is almost entirely on display, can make the ad more appealing for people who are sexually attracted to men; just like it can be appealing to women and men who are not. This is because even people who are not sexually attracted to men are still attracted to the idea that the ad is selling.

Woman are a huge contribution to a man's ego. Lorber suggests, “Bodies differ in many ways physiologically, but they are completely transformed by social practices to fit into the salient categories of a society, the most pervasive of which are ‘female’ and ‘male’” (728). Lorber supports that women are socially constructed into being fragile, thin and needy. Therefore they are attracted to the opposite group, men who are big and protective. This theory sheds light on Petrocelli’s report that recreational steroid users felt that “being ripped increased their confidence and love life” (759).

With this advertisement Old Spice tells you that it will make smell like that man and make you feel better than

(Naguib Mahfouz 103). Darwish ridicules Kirsha and makes others follow his lead, this way Kirsha becomes oppressed. This example of ‘dark-satire’ causes others laugh giving credit to the critiquer, but in reality, it offends many. Thus, the reader laughs, but also feels guilty about mocking at Kirsha and starts questioning the Darwish and his power.

Every day commercials advertise unrealistic body image. Commercials are not the only culprits. Mass media such as television shows also portray women and men with fit bodies and nicer appearances than the average citizen. Commercials and mass media promote a limited body standard which causes a negative outlook in teen body image as well as lowers self-esteem.

Sadly, out society places those stereotypes on male individuals and they are looked down upon if they choose a different career such as becoming a stay at home father or becoming a hair dresser. These professions would be considered more feminine and the individuals may even receive rude feedback from family and friends for choosing this career path. Masculinity in Okonkwo’s culture is similar but different. I still feel that there is a very distinct masculine few on men that they are in charge and in power but woman in America have more of a say than women in Okonkwo’s culture do. While reading Things Fall Apart it became very evident that the man in society and tribe was definitely the leader and the ruler.

In Uganda, the AIDS crisis has taken a toll on men’s view of masculinity because it is challenging their ideals of work, authority, and sexuality that they have always known. In America, different kinds of men have reacted differently to the changing ways that women are rising, some of them are good reactions while others are not. This changing ideal that is shaping the idea of femininity is also bringing men to become unsettled with their

Feminist criminological thought is used to examine how the patriarchal society that we live in negatively affects men and women. Weiss (2010) found that men who are victims of sexual crimes often end up confused as to whether they were assaulted and if they should report it or not. Men are confused because of the gender roles in which the patriarchal society subjects them too. Masculinity tells men that they are more powerful and should always be ready for sexual relations with females. Javaid (2015) examined police responses to the male victims that do report the crimes that were committed.

Having an unusually high or exaggerated sense of masculinity. Including an attitude that aggression, strength, sexual prowess, power and control is the measure of someone 's manliness. Also, a machismo man feels having these traits entitles him to respect and obedience from men and women around him. These definitions lead me to believe that boys are raised to feel entitled to objects, authority, woman, and money just because they are male. This is a huge flaw in how boys are raised.

Alum Whithey discusses the cultural changes and background of facial hair in his essay “Facial Hair and Masculinity in the Eighteenth Century”. Using facial hair as a reference, Whithey describes the changes in the cultural definition of 'masculinity'. In the early eighteen hundreds, having a beard showed that a man was fertile and virile. Changes in medical knowledge led to the belief that beards were 'uncouth' and using the 'humors' theory of medicine, removing stubble “...was therefore to rid the body of a potential source of sickness.” Additionally, to wear a beard was considered 'vulgar' in polite society.