Kimmel 's Bros Before Hos : Displaying The Male Social Facade

Does society suppress young man into manhood by expecting them to follow the guy codes since an early age? In the essay, “‘Bro’s Before Hos’: The Guy Code” Michael Kimmel claims, “The Guy Code: The Collection of attitudes, values, and traits that together compose what it means to be a man. These are the rules that govern behavior in Guy land, the criteria that will be used to evaluate whether any particular guy measures up.” The “Guy Codes” are expectations society has for young boys such as telling them “Take it Like a Man”, “Don’t Cry” and “No Sissy Stuff”. Some people in society continue to suppress young boys by using the guy code. The “Guy Codes” have damaging psychological and emotional effects on both women and men.

In, Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code, Michael Kimmel investigates the values of men. The ideal young man is imposed to live up to society’s expectations through a set of rules called the “guy code” which is instilled into him during adolescence. Family, friends, and the media teach young men how they should act and feel since the guy code is what culture perceives as masculinity. Moreover, Kimmel defines the guy code as “a collection of attitudes, values, and traits that together compose what it means to be a man.” Men are not to cry, men must be strong, men must achieve great feats and obtain wealth and power; these examples of the code are well represented through media as well as the community. For example, men in movies as well as in society

In this article, “Bros Before Hos”, the author Michael Kimmel talks about how there is a difference between men and woman. He tells about how men are unable to show their emotions. The author talks about the guy code, being a man, and even the gender police. All of them having a big impact on men.

In the article “Bros before Hos: The Guy Code”, by Michael Kimmel he writes about many different standards and ideals that young men must live up to, to be accepted in today’s society. The article talks about genders, at different ages sixteen to twenty six and how it is directed towards anyone that wants to know more about genders and how it can relate to masculinity and men. It was also based off of a book that he had written in the late two- thousands. According to (Kimmel) young men must live and abide, by a set of rules known as the spectacular “Guy Code”. The “Guy Code” was created to help understand why young men feel and act the way they do, and how masculinity may be perceived in their cultures. The code has been instilled into many young men around the world by their peers, family, and media at the age of four, or maybe even when a child has developed somewhat of a understanding. Being taught how to be masculine at a very young age is important to teach your child, it helps them discover who they are as a person, and who they are supposed to be perceived as, and how to find their inner virility as a young male. Kimmel also uses exemplification to help explain how the “Guy Code” is a collection of attitudes, values, and many traits that are together to help compose what it really means to be a man. The code lets us know how men are not suppose to cry, and how they are not suppose to be or act like sissies. But how men must be very

In the article, Bros Before Hos by Kimmel he discusses how the most important thing to a man is their masculinity and how it is defined. They define their manhood by three key concepts: the culture of entitlement, silence, and protection. This also consists of a collection of attitudes, traits, and values that contribute to what it means to be a man. This is called “The Bro Code.” In this essay I will be explaining the concept of “The Bro Code” and how it relates to the film Crazy, Stupid Love on many levels, and how the main male characters in Crazy, Stupid Love show their matrix of masculinity. Furthermore, I am going to be explaining how Bros Before Hos relates to the film Crazy, Stupid Love, and how it explains masculinity and what a man

In Guyland, Michael Kimmel chronicles the journey of young males and the issues they face while trying to exert their masculinity and prove themselves to their peers. Based on interactions among North American males between the ages of 16 and 26, Kimmel has found that at an age where young men had previously prepped for a life of work and committed relationships, they are now living in “Guyland” where they spend their time drinking, playing video games, and having immature relations with women. Kimmel explains that these young men are “frighteningly dependent on peer culture” and “desperate to prove their masculinity in the eyes of other boys.” (30) These young men live in constant fear that they will not measure up to the ideals of

The myth that boys in today’s society are encouraged to follow this “Guy Code” in order to be accepted amongst their peers, friends and family members can cause great emotional side effects. In “Bros Before Hos”: The Guy Code” by Michael Kimmel, he did a survey amongst college campuses and the question was simple “what is a man?” and the responses were pretty predictable. A few phrases stood out amongst this “Real Guys Top Ten List”: “ Boys Don’t Cry”, “Size Matters” and “Take It Like A Man” (Kimmel 462). All these phrases feed into this myth that men are to be aggressive and strong at all times. This “Guy Code” that is spoken of is a gathering of values, attitudes and traits that describe what a man is to be (Kimmel 462). Boys in todays day

Kimmel exposes many believes in which society tries to establish how boys have to behave during their childhood and youth to prove that they are masculine during their adult life’s in his “Bros Before Hos” article. He states that boys have been raised to abide by certain codes, for example, “Boys don’t cry” or “Taking it like a man” to be fully functional male adults. He also states that when men try to deter from the “code” they are automatically labeled as weak or turning their backs on their own kind. Although I agree with many of the points he makes, I will have to disagree when he implies that not much has changed in the aspect of men standing up for themselves or being themselves in fear of being out casted. I

Using a combination of interviews, stories, and sociological historical insight, Michael Kimmel’s Guyland offers a descriptive theory of the ever changing social construction and performance of typical masculinity in mainstream North American youth culture. A large number of young men, Kimmel argues, currently live within the combined developmental stage and social space of “Guyland”: a world colored by its party of camaraderie, sex outside marriage, conformity, consumption, and irresponsibility. Kimmel researches these values through the various aspects of young men’s social environments and discusses the impact that Guyland has on their lives and the lives of those around them. Specifically, Kimmel argues that Guyland’s conformist, misogynist,

The profound idea of the “Guy Code” has been around for generations. When trying to clearly define the rules of the “Guy Code,” Kimmel revisited the work of Psychologist Michael Brannon. In 1976, Brannon summarized the four basic rules of masculinity in The Forty-Nine Per Cent Majority which consisted of “No Sissy Stuff, Be a Big Wheel, Be a Sturdy Oak, Give ‘em Hell” (Kimmel, 2009, pg. 464). Kimmel took into consideration the writing of Brannon, and expressed that “these four rules have changed very little… of high-school and college-age men” (2009, pg. 464). One may agree with Kimmel in

“The Mask You Live In” is a documentary that brings to light the outdated social constructs that create an idea of masculinity that is impacting men negatively. From a very young age, men are constantly told to “be a man” and to “reject all aspects of femininity”. During the critical points of development in young boys, they are told to push down feelings of empathy, sadness, or really any emotion other than anger or general happiness. As the boys grow older, they feel that they have nowhere to go or nobody to talk to about any of the suppressed feelings mentioned before. This can lead to many mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, and leaving these untreated can lead to suicide, which is the third leading cause of death in boys. Unfortunately, less than 50% of men do not seek mental health treatment. Many of the boys in the film felt that they are not allowed to talk about what is really going on internally in terms of emotions. A segment of the documentary includes an after-school discussion on masculinity led by assistant principal Ashanti Branch. He asks the group of teen boys to take out a piece of paper and write the image of themselves they think other people see on a mask on the front of the page. The teens write down various responses like funny, tough, and strong. Then on the back, Branch asks them to write what people don’t see. Almost all the answers reveal the same emotions underneath, which are anger and isolation. This displays how much men hide from

The characters and plot of the popular sitcom Two and a half men are an excellent representation of how the production of hegemonic masculinity and subordinate masculinity in the show reinforce the idea of hegemonic masculinity as the only real form of manliness accepted by society’s standards of an “ideal man.” Effeminate masculinity, a subordinate form of masculinity, is not represented in the show in a positive light rather, it is mocked. The characters that play these roles are Charlie, who plays the hyper masculine role, and Alan, who plays the effeminate masculinity role. Alan’s role is inferior compared to that of Charlie’s hyper masculine character and this is strongly evident in the clip “Charlie gives Alan some lessons.”

In America today there are clear views on what masculinity and femininity. These views have given Americans the outlines for how they must behave based on what gender they are. Masculinity is constructed in American culture through many different forms of media, so as the ideals and values attached to masculinity change in the media so has the ideals and values that the everyday man see as being part of masculinity. In this respect the ideals and values of masculinity are shaped by what the media shows it to us.

In the introduction of Angry White men by Michael Kimmel focuses on how masculinity has been constructed among white men for the majority of history. This is especially shown through the myth of the self-made man. The self-made man myth is basically saying that a man has made himself who he is through his own efforts. For example a person is born into a family who is extremely poor and as he grew up he started a business and made millions. I think that this myth is saying that people can change who they are if they work and fight hard to change the situation they are in. This myth or theory is said to leave men in a consistent state of restlessness. Kimmel says that the anxiety caused by the restlessness and the myth has turned the people

Michael Kimmel's idea about Guyland and Masculinity supports the Idea of Identity Development, Personality and Well being in Adolescence and Emerging adulthood. The process between childhood to Adulthood is a critical growth period formed by a Individual, family, and historical situation. The individual must start to enter there future as a responsible adult. Some seem to be stuck as they emerge to their adulthood life. The excerpt from Kimmel’s shows that Guyland is a world where they can gather to be guys without having to deal with the demands from there parents, girlfriends and jobs. Many enter that world and there parents feel deeply sad and anxious since there children are entering a world that they don't know and they seem to develop