Masculinity And Socioeconomic Inequality

Unfortunately, the Dawes Act led to many negative effects for the Native

The U.S became a colonial power. This negatively affected the native tribes, such as the Sioux when the Dawes Act was passed in 1887, making it legal for the government to buy any land they pleased. In this instance, the growth of government proved to be a poison to the natives who were forced to give up their land and way of life. The expansion of government not only targeted native tribes, but also singled out races of immigrants, such as the Chinese. In 1882, the government approved and passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stated that Chinese immigrants could only exist in China Towns, which were established for second class citizenships. (Pettengill, 1/31/18). This display of segregation demonstrated how the government had the power to divide the nation into sectors that could be regulated much easier. In doing so, the government was striping America’s offer of freedom to the immigrants that sought a better life in the new

The Dawes Act of 1887 was an act that attempted to allot the land of the Native Americans. It tried to fall apart the Indian reservations by allotting land to Individual Indians. The purpose of this act was to improve the life of the Indians and assimilate them into the American society. Through the Johnson-O'Malley Act, the United Stated decided to provide subsidization on education, medicine and social welfare for the Native Americans who lived within the borders. It reduced the federal government’s strict regulation towards every aspect of the Indian life. This act allowed the Secretary of the Interior to deal with contracts between the States and the federal government for the education, welfare and medicine of Indians.

Society’s current structure of masculinity is unforgiving in form. It cuts out other forms of masculinity, it physically and mentally demanding, and its ill effects extend far beyond the men it infuses itself in. Yet what would we do if we were given other options for masculinity, ones that allowed for unique blends of attitudes and perceptions? Looking in to the lives of homeless men we can see the forced strategies which create new masculine codes created for the adaption against patriarchal pressures. They are made out of survival need to circumnavigate the painful mental and physical reality that is only made worse by harsh masculine standards. Yet these new masculinities hold out a form of hopefulness for society. They offer up new discussion to what it means to be a man, the potential for change, and what we can expect from changes in male identity over time. Using what we learn from the disadvantaged, we can hope to improve the lives of people, although the process will take time, effort, and careful mediation.

Native Americans have been historically oppressed in America and continue to struggle today; from the poverty rampant in their community, to the deterioration and appropriation of their traditional values, culture, and way of life. While times are changing, many of Native Americans’ rights still face ill-treatment by the local and federal governments. In the early 1800s, the U.S. government created policies to assimilate Natives into European-American society. Despite many tribes based in nomadic culture, the 1851 Indian Appropriations Act authorized the creation of the first reservations, forcing the Natives onto reserved pieces of land. Under the act, the tribes were considered independent, sovereign nations at the time. However, the poor quality of life on the reservations led to a policy of forced assimilation. In 1887, the Dawes Severalty Act, otherwise known as the General Allotment Act, broke apart reservations that held communal Native tribes, into smaller subdivisions. These divisions of land were then assigned to individuals within the tribe. The effort was done in order to pressure the Natives into becoming farmers or ranchers. Yet because the pieces of land provided to the Natives were so arid and and unsuitable for cultivating crops, they were unable to grow and profit. Native Americans continue to suffer beyond the nineteenth-century well into the mid twentieth-century. From 1956 to 1969, the Indian Relocation Act was enforced in order to terminate

Five specific groups were especially affected by industrialization: Native Americans, African Americans, children, farmers, and immigrants. Due to federal and state policies, Native Americans were removed from their traditional land into reservations, which were often smaller, more undesirable land. The Dawes Act of 1887, which broke up reservation lands, was ultimately detrimental to Native Americans. Settlers and federal troops pushed the remaining free tribes off their homelands in the Great Plains, and killed most of the buffalo population on which Native Americans relied for survival (The USA online, n.d.).

In today’s society, masculinity has changed throughout time. Fast forward one hundred years ago, masculinity is defined as being strong and having a good paying job. But as the world is changing so is the representation of manliness. You don’t have to show your dominance over men or women today, but you should support your family nowadays and we have all been brainwashed by the thought of masculinity from our ancestors. As men our reputation is always being valued but now it isn’t so much about our reputation but about caring for one another and especially for our families. Perspective of manhood is also a significant factor in portraying what masculinity is in the eyes of other people. Masculinity has been shown through money, appearance, and providing protection for your family members but as we shift into the modern world, masculinity is not seen as displaying the most discipline but caring for one another by taking out some of your time to help one another. Throughout the paper, I will be writing about my interviews from a broad spectrum of ages from one of my younger sisters to my dad with not friends not at Seb’s in between so I can get what it really means to be a man from all ages.

Americans understanding about getting involved in physical activity has been evolving since the idea of sport first entered the culture. At first a sport was nothing more than a way to prove yourself to others and to show masculinity. These changes were brought to fruition through more knowledge. When Americans first realized that physical health was of importance, it was what started to make sure that everyone was getting active in some way. These changes happened first for males. It was, for a long time, still considered inappropriate for a female to in peak physical condition. Because it took so long for anyone to believe that the same resources that men were given to stay physically active should be given to women to, women are still not given the same opportunities at any level of sport in America today.

Regardless of my lack of adequate educational opportunities during my childhood, as I progressed throughout my higher academic courses over the past years, I have learned that I have always been treated differently due to my sexual orientation. In other words, as a heterosexual Christiane male in the American community; I have always being treated with honor simply because I supposedly fit the acceptable identity of a male standard within the Liberian and American community. For example, as a straight man in the American and Liberian community, I have the freedom to use any restroom and I have the opportunity to walk around my community without fearing for my safety as compared to a LGBT person. Unfortunately, members of LGBT label do not get

The Dawes Act, created on February 8, 1887, comes into play. The act gave President Grover Cleveland the opportunity to divide up reservation land and, gave it to certain Native Americans. An example of this division was like “To the head of each family; one-quarter of a section” (Dawes Act, 1887). Problems arose when the Act didn’t allow certain tribes to be noticed in the Act. Tribes such as the Cherokees, Seminoles and many more. Although President Cleveland was able to negotiate with five tribes and called them the Five Civilized Tribes. These tribes were the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles. The

How is gender and gender roles socially constructed? Soulliere states that gender is a cultural creation that is frequently developed by and represented through popular cultural media such as advertisements, music, sports, and entertainment television (Soulliere 2006). The article “Wrestling with Masculinity: Messages about Manhood in the WWE” by Danielle M. Soulliere (2006), examines messages about manhood revealed by televised professional wrestling (Soulliere 1). Messages concerning masculinity and manhood were investigated and compared to the cultural version of masculinity (Soulliere 2006). Soulliere’s research proves that the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) depicts messages, which supports the dominant hegemonic form of masculinity (Soulliere 2006). To further grasp and understand Soulliere’s hypothesis, we must first examine her research methods and outcomes.

As this essay has focused on male privilege and its’ individual effect on women and men themselves separately, a notably alarming matter of male privilege is the fact that it is normalized in society which has become damaging to how our society and social structures work. In the article The Context of Workplace Sex Discrimination, Stainback and other contributing authors state that: “Organizations, and workplaces in particular, are fundamental to the allocation of societal rewards and stratification among social groups” (Stainback 1165). Thus, the ways in which these social structures work show how society really functions and which groups of society are privileged in opportunities and achievements than others. When you take a look at many

R.W. Connell’s (1995) concept of hegemonic masculinity is the most significant theoretical device for understanding the masculinity hierarchy. Demetriou (2001) states how hegemonic masculinity expresses two different social practices, from a social constructivist view. The first is that men benefit from the patriarchal system of society. The second process is that there is an “intramasculine hierarchy” by which the social order of men is created and maintained. Connell (1995) argues that this is the reason for the societal gender order where not only do men uphold power over women, but also certain men are dominant over other men. Demetriou (2001) criticises Connell’s term of hegemonic masculinity for being too broad, as the main focus is usually placed on the intramasculine process. He therefore believes this process to be “internal hegemony” (ibid).

Culture is an important phenomenon that surrounds every area of this world. It can be difficult to understand different behaviors and why individuals have distinctive preferences. Analyzing the different cultures, is a beneficial strategy as organizational success is strongly related with diversity in the workplace. It was interesting to read your post as you offered important information about these nations. One of the areas that excel, was the different levels of masculinity. As you mentioned, Mexico and Italy scored higher in masculinity due to the active roles of males in the workplace. “In these cultures males dominate significant portion of the society and power structures,

The concept of gender denotes the distinction between culturally driven and created roles of masculinity and femininity. These specific and normalized attitudes and behaviors transcend and effect how differently men and women live their lives. Based on society’s continual re-enforcement of such gender stereotypes, we see an on-going dilemma of gender inequality. Though some may argue that men experience gender inequality, this seems to exist on a much more invasive level for women. As of recently, the awareness of gender inequality in the workplace has increased. With the fight for equal pay and equal respect, society is already making strides towards the equality of women. With that being said, one aspect of gender inequality that seems