As I watched people interact at a pageant after party hosted by the African Student Association on October 31st, 2104 at SUNY New Paltz, I found out some very interesting facts on how humans (male and female) interact with themselves when they see the opposite sex.
With my ability of scanning through out the party, I found out that certain human trait like trimmed beard, mustache and side burns caught most of the female’s attention at the party. Trimmed beard, mustache and side burn might have being attracted to these females due to the fact that an individual with a trimmed beard, mustache and side burn might have signal good genes and good health to the attracted females. Finding these traits in males may results in female mating with them due the fact that females may have associate trimmed beard, mustache and side burn with good genes/healthy living as a way of getting their genes spread out across their generations. With research done by Dixon and Brooks (2013), similar situation that I observed at New Paltz happened in their research. In Dixon and Brooks experiment unlike what I observed at the
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This attraction might be due to the fact that when one is muscular, it means regular exercise that leads to a better health and long living. Also another reason why males with muscles might have been attracted to females might be for protection against the unwelcome person who attacks them. Non-muscular males were also attracted but less by these females. In order for non-muscular males to be attracted by these females, they had to show what they have like putting on a dance show when music comes or by proving to the females that he is capable of protecting her whenever she needs help. With this one can say that not only muscles attracts males to female but also the ability to put on some performance
Joseph Campbell's definition of a hero’s journey can be seen across many characters in the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. In order to meet this definition, one must overcome three stages: the department, the fulfilment, and the return. Tan depicts Jing-mei Woo as a shell of a woman who is forced to take up the footprints of her late mother. She then learns the meaning of family and is able to fulfil her mother ’s dying wish by resurrecting her past life in China, which allows her to complete Campbell's definition of a hero’s journey.
Masculinity and Muscularity Across Western Countries” Calogero and Thompson state that “Young men of ten view the attainment of a muscular body is indicative of having reached the status of being a man,” however after achieving this goal they are unhappy and must set a new goal. Many body builders reach that point, they see someone who is bigger and want to become bigger and better than them. It’s like the Mr. Olympia competition, the winner is the most muscular guy there with the most rippling muscles while the losers go back to work-out bench, desiring to beat those other, next time. Mills & D’Alfonso, from “How Is Men’s Conformity…” state “Masculine stereotype is closely connected to men’s fear of appearing physically inadequate and their desire to muscularity, physical bulk, and
This experiment shows that although
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.
The thought of man being absolutely latent affected by beauty was additionally
Society is most likely not to think a masculine man is a gay man, so he felt if he worked out and was fit, he would not have to worry about having the “look” of a gay man.
When someone first begins to do something, they enjoy it, but has anyone noticed that once a parent starts pushing you to do what you enjoy more than normally, you start to notice that your attention and love for what you did starts to drop. You don’t find pleasure in what you do and it begins to feel like a chore. In the book The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, you get a chance to see life through the eyes of 8 different women. You get told about their life and the struggles they went through in the past and the ones they are currently going through in the present. Amy Tan expresses that parental pressure and expectations can change the way their children react to them and.
Bi, Zijian Thu. 3/5/2015 English 2B Ms. Freeland 2° WHEN THE DREAM COMES TRUE What is your American Dream? “The Joy Luck Club”, a novel by Amy Tan, talks about how four mother-daughter pairs have fulfilled their American Dreams. Suyuan and Jing-mei was one of the mother-daughter pair who wants to fulfill their dreams in America.
Although men and women have different opinions on the difference between guys and men, Amy Chan and Dave Barry prove that there are some differences that are noticed by both
As seen by the mothers’ and daughters’ behavior towards each other in The Joy Luck Club, it is difficult to preserve one’s culture when one is exposed to a new environment or country. With a difference of two distinct generations between them, the four main pairs often come across cultural collisions. Other than facing the age gap, these mothers and daughters also have to deal with a language and communication barrier. Already, at the beginning of the story, Jing-Mei Woo is able to understand how the mothers of the “Joy Luck Club” are displeased with their daughter’s rejection of their Chinese culture. She speaks to herself, admitting that “they are frightened.
Thesis Statement about theme of literary work- In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, expressions of love and hatred are shown in multiple mother-daughter relationships resulting in negative impacts such as pain, bitterness, and regret because of their differing opinions. Support Point #1- Suyuan Woo guiltily leaves her twin daughters on the ground in China as she walks away in tears.
These traits should not be associated with one specific gender as these traits is as likely to be shown by
Since long ago, we have considered men/women who just looked like men/women (varies with cultures) as males and females and have sought for things that would strengthen the intensity of masculinity/femininity. In “Night to His Day”, Judith Lorber notes, “Even societies that do not cover women’s breasts have gender-identifying clothing, scarification, jewelry, and hairstyles” (Judith, p100), and says, “When unisex clothing… beards and mustaches for men also came into style again as gender identifications”. Judith Lorber, citing those historical facts, clearly demonstrated the fact that people seek for things that would solidify
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).
However, an individual’s cultural standards have an influence on their perceptions of beauty. For example, an