Representations Of Masculinity And Femininity In Miguel Street

not watching where she was going. Pam told the police officer that she had just walked out

Others took his humbleness as another form of arrogance and thought of him as disgust. Because of all of this they thought of him as a villain instead of a hero.

The United States is made up of an astounding assortment of people of all different types, boasting one of the most diverse populations compared to anywhere around the world. Of these different peoples, toxic masculinity affects each group differently, with an especially profound effect to be found when studying those who identify as Latin- or Hispanic-American. While attempting to homogenize the many unique and beautiful facets of various Latin and Hispanic cultures is a disservice, they tend to share many traits which can be simplified, including their ideas on gender roles. In many Hispanic cultures, there are strong gender roles and ideas about gender that are traditionally built into every aspect of the culture, especially in the form of “machismo”, or the Hispanic ideas of masculinity. In some cultures, “…women are supposedly submissive… men are characterized by verbal and bodily aggression… and sexual dominance,” (Cantú 150). When combined with the gendered expectations and stereotypes that are increasingly prevalent in American culture, young Hispanic-American boys are growing up with an overwhelming volume of standards being impressed upon them from all sides. This same phenomenon can be seen again in African-American communities and cultures, with the already painfully present standards of white American masculinity being taken to another level by a culture which serves to pile on an even stricter set of standards on to its men. As with the Latin American ideas of

His first thoughts of rebellion came when he had to listen to his mother get whipped and could do nothing for her. Then he ran away after a detestable man by the name of Major Freeland had hired him from his master and mistreated him severely, but he didn’t make it far before he was recaptured and punished himself (Simkin).

When her husband came home she helped him take off his coat and talked to him about going

in the Section as she calls them “a bunch of bindle stiffs-a nigger an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’

He is looked upon in a heroic way for fighting the justice system and showing courage, strength and ability to resist laws through making his own lifestyle, with separate beliefs, attitudes and values. He was a friend of the poor, kind to women and children, and an enemy of the rich. He was forced into crime by the harsh harassments of the authorities. He said to have died bravely against the more powerful forces of the law. He has grown to be an admired infamous figure for the way he stood up to authority and his larrikin ways.

man who didn’t care what people thought of him and spoke his mind through his actions. There

We know that she wants to get away. She says ‘Blow me from here’ This

The very first thing he did was sell his guns, as he could no longer bear to own the tools he had used for such violence. In an effort to find the owner of a potentially lost horse he had with him, he found himself in a courtroom, crying as he told his story. When it came to light that he had never stolen any horses and the violence he used was in order to regain possession of his confiscated belongings, those in the courtroom revered him as a hero. Conflicted by these memories, he visited the judge’s home to seek advice and express the guilt he held in result of his actions. He intended to become a new man, and live a different

Machismo is what some men are called in certain cultures when they have masculine pride in a positive or negative way and it has been reported that machismo men have tried to sexualy violate their wives (Pigeon Machismo and how the Family is Molded into Form: Analysis of Gender Roles). Masculine means to have appearance traditionally associated with men, especially strength and aggressiveness. Sometimes it can be a very negative trait to have because it gives men the feeling that they are more important than woman. In the book House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza learns about how some men treat women in a negative way. Both Esperanza and her friends Sally experience how many women get treated by men. House on Mango Street is about male dominance and is developed in vignettes ¨What Sally Said,¨ ¨Red Clowns,¨ and ¨Linoleum Roses.¨ This also ties to Feminist as a literary theme and can also be shown in the article For most women and girls, it´s still a man´s world.

It says on page 5 that, “He had been in trouble with the law for half his life.” You also find out that he has problems controlling his anger on that page. We learn that, “His parents were alcoholics and his dad beat him.” on page 7.

figure, and as a lawless and violent man, which at the end of the story, leads him to the death of

This chapter first establishes the discursive approach to gender as the foundation for conceptualizing masculinities. Next, it introduces some recent conceptualizations of masculinities and the types of masculinities propagated within the Singapore context. Following that, it explores how advertisements produce and transfer meaning before looking at some of the masculinities present in the advertisements within men’s lifestyle magazines.

was coming in and it was hard to hear what she was trying to say to