Paraphrase of Alexa Hackbarth's Vanity, Thy Name Is Metrosexual

Gay sees herself as an intersection of the black, woman, and feminist communities, making her a hybrid of the three, giving her a distinct community to identify with as well as broader groups. She identifies as a woman and acknowledges all of the expectations and stereotypes that accompanies. On the other hand, her fundamental views on gender equality gives her the ability to empathize with the feminist community. Nevertheless, in every group of people, everyone is a distinct individual with a distinct number of characteristics, both physical and emotional, that sets them apart from the person next to them. As a woman of color, Gay has a list of additional concerns and interests that pertains to her specific experience that are not necessarily included throughout the entire group of feminists. Gay could be branched off into dozens of more sects and factions that pertain to specific

Since the emergence of advertising in American culture one thing that has remained constant is the visible truth that men and women are portrayed differently. In consideration to the evolution of man kind gender roles have evolved immensely throughout time, although advertisements have not kept up with this process of evolution. Companies to this day use their tactics and skills to reach out to specific genders such as pretty fonts with a stylish message, while advertisements towards men portray the character as strong and intimidating. The typical viewer can easily spot the difference in the portrayal of genders. Men are portrayed this way because the viewers look up to these characters, they want to be

The woman must take care of herself and doll herself up. Theroux stresses “The nine-year-old coquette proceeds to become womanish in a subtle power game in which she learns to be sexually indispensable, socially decorative and always alert to a man's sense of inadequacy” (Theroux 3). A woman is taught at a young age what to wear and how to act. The man expects the women to remain that way, because of the society’s idealistic view on what a women she be like. Brady identifies “I want a wife who is sensitive to my sexual needs, a wife who makes love passionately and eagerly when I feel like it, a wife who makes sure that I am satisfied” (Brady 7). The woman needs to fulfil the guy’s sexual and physical needs. What that means she has to care of herself by dolling herself by putting make up on, putting on dresses, spraying perfume on and etc. When a woman does all that, it will both attract and satisfies the husbands need. However men and women cannot sustain friendships. The reason why is because eventually they will end up getting attracted to one another. Theroux states “That is why it is so grotesque; and that is also why there is no manliness without inadequacy—because it denies men the natural friendship of women.” When a women tries to act all lady like it attracts the men to lead them to become attracted to the women. The friendship does not last long because either gender

Kimmel’s Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code investigates the complicated social environment in which young males are anticipated to prepare for manhood based upon considerable sociological inquiries conducted from Kimmel himself. His main argument institutes what was formerly a comparatively definite and direct transition for males to experience boyhood to manhood has become much more perplexing and sophisticated. In his revealing chapter, Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code, Michael S. Kimmel examines and determines the adversities young men endure through daily, from the standards society place upon them in deeming what a man is. These principles dictate how masculinity is sown into a man from the anxiety of being ostracized as well as being perceived a feeble individual instead of naturally behaving in this manner. In addition, through Kimmel’s analysis on both the causes and the effects of this extended state of adolescence, they can be particularly influential to male connotations for connections between family members, fellow adults and peers, and personal achievements.

The word “gay” has gone through drastic changes. Traditionally, it was a positive term that meant to be “happily excited” or “jolly” (Merriam Webster, “Gay”). It was used regularly to express one’s feelings about life. Today, it has a far different meaning. Now people use the word gay to label homosexuals, those with feminine qualities, or those who do something thought to be outside of the norm for their gender. “Being gay” went from expressing someone’s happiness to describing his sexual preference. The definition of gay has changed so much that its original meaning has become archaic and lost to the times.

In a systemically patriarchal society that encourages and enforces the gender binary, we as a public are conditioned to accept and cooperate with the heteronormative paradigm. Pop-culture and the media are large contributors in the ways in which the gender binary is perpetuated. Gender norms are constantly marketed towards

"'We’re all in on the gender-reversal joke,’ explains Lisa Wade, associate professor of sociology at Occidental College” (para 4). Ms. Wade’s observation on current advertising ploys is more than accurate. We are all aware that these ads exist, yet we continue to fall for the “hot guy” trick, and buy a product, whether we need it or not.

Steve Craig, in his article Men’s Men and Women’s Women especially define how different sexes in advertisement can influence a particular audience towards a product; one stereotypical method he describes is “Men’s Women” (Craig).One such ad using sex appeal, and a basic structure of “Men’s Women” to bring in customer was made by BMW in 2008 to sell their used cars. BMW, which is a world-renowned company known for its performance heavy automobiles, targets a male audience by comparing a gorgeous woman to their cars.This ad by BMW, who no doubt make amazing cars, degrade women through its message, and it enforces Steve Craig’s “Men’s women” tactic, but this ad also goes a step further and displays the ever-present patriarchy in advertisement overtly.

Moreover, this makes them not want to commit to a single woman because they don't find a valid reason for why they should. TV shows and magazines flaunt gorgeous women for their sex appeal while also objectifying who they are, this makes it much easier for men to see women as a source of pleasure rather than love and fulfillment, therefore further pushing juvenile views of sexuality to become more status quo. Kilbourne’s examples of advertisements that she gave in her presentation clearly help identify to women how men view them. This lifestyle that these young men have developed has been described as a recession against the feminist movement, they have further been influenced by the type of marketing that Kilbourne explained to her audience, which stemmed from a common issue in the feminist movement as well. The conclusion that both female authors are trying to come to is that, once again, this juvenile influence of these media on the minds of our current generation will continue to be detrimental to the progress we have made. As a society, we are supposed to advance, but in place of that we are reversing our social

In certain meetings and important places, men are often restricted to corporate their outfits and a regular haircut just like the ones she viewed in her male

Later on Rich believed that women who were starting to make a difference towards society were switching their gender roles by surpassing the male. In the essay she claimed that “…middle-class women were making careers of domestic perfection, working to send their husbands through professional school, then retiring to raise large families” (Rich 9). She argued how women are supporting their spouses when the men are dependent and how women later put their dreams on hold when they start a family. But men don’t have the same sympathy towards the women’s careers, when they have children they don’t let them continue ‘their careers of domestic perfection’, instead they make the women become dependent on them. This is ironic towards the male and female roles because now the male is portrayed

Throughout the North and South, Margaret Hale shows a tremendous ability to affirm and alter the masculinity of the men around her. This power is both due to the nature of masculinity itself, as well as Margaret’s unwavering convictions about what she perceives to be masculine. For any man, their masculinity will be influenced by the women around them. This is because masculinity exists in a duality with femininity; they define themselves against one another, what is dominant is masculine and what is submissive is feminine, stoicism and emotional, blue and pink. Without one to cast its shadow on, the other loses its structure.

With the new digital age being introduced, it meant that job wages were going down while uncertainties about employment stability and opportunities were going up (136). An example that Sender uses to reinforce the connection between the straight men becoming better citizens and the flexible capitalism is when Ted, one of the Fab Five experts on the show, teaches one of the candidates how to select wine and recommend dishes based on a professional standpoint (145). The reason that this connects to flexible capitalism is because success in the business industry nowadays depends less on skills related directly to the job and more on how one has created a work ethic that relates to self-presentation (145). When Sender is discussing the connection between becoming a better self monitoring citizen and inadequate consumption she is referring to how the candidates often come up short when it comes to categories such as domestic and romantic tasks (140). In one of the episodes, the focus is put upon trying to turn a candidate into a person with “romantic marketability”

Masculinity and femininity are unescapeable. We are taught how to be masculine or feminine from birth but for men, the highest form of masculinity achievable is hegemonic masculinity. In this essay, I will define hegemonic masculinity, discuss how it perpetuates homophobia by restricting the way men interact with one another and by the use of the word fag, and how it perpetuates gender inequality through the expectations of violence, no emotions, and being breadwinners.

Given that the structure of gender qualities has been a large part of our views, in regards to a variety of issues, a number of people take exception to variances from within these rules. Keeping this in mind, we will discuss the reasons why many individuals are discouraged from crossing traditional gender traits, and closely examine parts of the article assigned for this paper.