Male Stereotypes

Being a young, black male in today’s society, there are numerous stereotypes that some may believe are true about my family and me. In particular, young black males are normally expected to regularly disrespect others, behave aggressively, use slang, and act uneducated or not take education seriously; but so far, I have lived my life not embracing these stereotypes. I have lived my life trying to disprove stereotypes. Because of these expectations, being respectful to others has always been one of my top priorities, even if they are disrespectful to me, and despite being the only black male student in most of my advanced courses since middle school, I chose to work harder as a way of becoming educated and showing society that I am not a stereotype.

“You are so annoying why can’t you just be girly!” This is one thing you hear when you are friends with both girls and guys. Although both are amazing to have, both have their perks and downsides.They can be exactly alike in one way and completely different in another. Girls and guys find different things entertaining. Guys are stronger and more honest to your face while girls tend to lie quite a bit. Both girls and guys seem to be great people to have in your life with many things they can both offer you.

Being a man is awesome. We love to joke around and in general have a awesome time. Things we do can make others question our intelligence and sanity; were not called “Block Heads” for nothing haha. For starters, being a man  has its perks. These perks include growing a beard (isn’t that awesome!), not having to give birth (What a relief!), shorter restroom times, and the list goes on. All these things I mentioned sound amazing, but life isn’t perfect. We men also have struggles; struggles that can be passed generation to generation. This struggle I speak of is “What is a man,” specifically one that is “absolute”, or “perfect”. You see, men are burden/pressured to be what others classify us to be. Were given expectations to follow (by society

Men do not cry, men do not talk about their feelings, and any man who does not use his fists to

I grew up as a pretty reserved person in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. I knew what happened outside of my home, but I was not exposed to it on the daily, or even yearly, basis. Growing up, I saw fights on TV, in movies, and heard about them from my friends. I never really irritate people, except close friends, so no one cares to fight me. Also, I would probably lose. My friends always tell me how annoying I am. “Luke is annoying,” a friend said. In my seventeen years of life, I have only had a few physical fights, and they have all been between a few individuals.

However, putting people into categories kind of blinds us from seeing the true person. But the mass media are overall consistently good at exaggerating stereotype features as less real, more perfect, and more predictable than their real-life counterparts that appear so many times on mediums of communications that it becomes convention. For examples, because we often see most television programs to be sixty to thirty minutes or less, the individuality of a character's role must be revealed and established as quickly as possible. A typical male stereotype might be: strong, ambitious, masterful, and intelligent.

On television ads there can be some difficulties in differentiating gender roles in the modern society and using stereotypes can be a perfect negative example. Men are portrayed as providers, career focused, bad-boys, sexually irresistible to women and independent. Women have been shown as low-position workers, loving wives, mothers, and on sexy poses in order to sell and advertise the product. Nowadays the difference between male and female’s roles are smaller, however the

Women are supposed to see men as a provider for a family and loved ones. Protectors for their families and loved ones. Not to forget being a gentleman “saving a damsel in distress.” Men are written in many mythologies, old fables and movies as being the strong one physically and if not mentally. So many women seek for a man with all of those qualities. When someone says “be a man” it’s supposed to means he’s lacking in one of those categories and he needs to own it and take responsibility because he appears weak.

Today in Western society, the stereotypes surrounding men’s body and the social construction of masculinity have changed. Men were valued depending on their success or abilities, but in today’s world they are judged to be a “real man” if they are tough, refuse admit pain, and have a desirable physique. Being lean, muscular and strong are just some of the social ideals of the community. Their bodies now play a role in social context and it’s becoming less frequent for men to declare an eating disorder. Men’s bodies are being more criticized than ever. Women reading fashion and gossip magazines are no longer the stigma for EDs because disordered attitudes and behaviors are now correlated with men reading health and fitness magazines.

Men and women, African Americans and whites, all take different stances on the way our government should be ran. A majority of men identify as Independent, no party affiliation, at 43%. The Democratic party overall has more men identify than the Republican party, with 27% compared to 25%. Women favor the Democratic party the most with 37% of all women identifying as Democrats. 33% of women identify as Independent, while only 24% identify as Republican. Overall men and women tend to favor the Democratic party and being Independent over being Republican.

In accordance with Craig, there are four various types of advertisement about the gender images such as Men’s Men, Men’s Women, Women’s Women, and Women’s Men. All these types of advertisement are especially aimed at specific genders and audiences. With Men’s Men image, the advertisers want to show customers that the men’s images are usually strong and manly, and man also have the tendency of the domination and the success. With Men’s Women image, men always want to show their elegance and openness to women and are ready to satisfy the women’s ambition. With Women’s Women image, women always want to express themselves as perfect women with perfect appearance that can be created by making up, photoshop, or cosmetic surgery in order to attract

First off, I will adress boys. The male gender has a lot of fun little stereotypes, like boys being emotionless or are unable to control themselves. Another odd thing which I personally came across was that men are not made to seem as valuable as women. So without further adieu, let the men’s portion begin.

Looks can be deceiving, but it may not always be a bad thing. After spending

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King Jr’s ideology aligns deeply with my convictions. Justice for all is becoming the trademark of my generation and I wholeheartedly support our march toward equality. Any injustice is infuriating, but the lack of representation of minorities in media is an infraction that ignites genuine animosity within me. Inadequate representation negatively impacts the perception of minorities and harms individual minority youth.

The National Institute of Mental Health in America (NIMHA) investigated the various brain regions and how they develop. The study was led in 2007 by neuroscientists and compared the different sequences and speeds of brain development in girls compared with boys. NIMHA used 829 brain scans which were gathered over a span of two years from 387 subjects aged 3-27 years old. The results from this investigation show that the occipital lobe, which is associated with visual processing shows development of a rapid speed in girls aged between 6-10 years. In comparison, boys show the largest development in this region of the brain after 14 years. Similar studies conclude that in the area of language processing the brain of a 5-year-old boy is