Although in a way there has been a huge change in the way black men are viewed in society, they're still many things that still in a way remain the same. Somethings that have changed for example are black men rights. In the past black men didn't even have the right to vote. Like in the reading "The Black Male" It said "They warned whites that giving the vote to the black male would lead to widespread rape and sexual assaults against white women of the upper class"(19). So black men didn't have a voice in politics back then. Today Black men have equal rights and we even have a black president. Back then that was impossible to happen so that really shows that there has been a huge change in society. Although there has been a huge change, somethings have remained the same, Men didnt have rights and were always treated lower than everyone else this connects to the way they treat black women. Black women are the only people below the black male therefore black male treat them the way they used to be treated befor they had any rights. For example the way black men treat black women In the past, black men never showed their feelings to their wifes or affection and they would beat their wife because black men were always beat as slaves by their white masters and the only people they can take it on was the only people that were below them, black women. For Example in "The Black Male" Marable stated that "Black women suffered from the economic exploitation and racism Black males experienced- but they also were trapped by institutional sexism and all of the various means of violence that have been used to oppress all women, such as rape "wife beating" and all sterlization."(20) Today we still see things like this happening in the black race, Men beating their wifes. Or Leaving their wifes alone to struggle with the children alone. In the reading Marable said "Black men must understand that they too must overcome their own inherent and deeply ingrained sexism recognizing that black women must be equal partners in the battle to uproot injustice at every level of society."(23) I think that instead of going against their opposite Sex because of struggles in the past, Black Men should unite with black women as a race to prove society wrong, So that more change can keep occurring.
Marble, Manning. "The Black Male." Men's Lives. 5ed
Ed.Michael S.Kimmel and Michael A. Messner Ed.
NYC: Allyn & Bacon, 2001. 17-23. print.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Blog Post # 3- Theroux Reading
Paul Theroux does not agree with the way people turn boys into men. I agree with him because as he mentioned in the reading about sports, he talks about sports as a negative thing for boys. Theroux says that as as a little boy you kind off have no option, you have to be in sports because is the "manly" thing to do and it teaches you to be competitive and its a way to prove how "manly" you are. Theroux does not agree with this, and i don't either because boys should have the option of whether or not they want to get into sports. Their parents should not just push them to do it. Like Theroux said, i do not agree with the way people turn boys into men because that has a negative influence on men. Men will just be going around the world proving to society their "manhood" and that will just be their way of life.
Theroux, Paul. "The Male Myth” Across Cultures. 7ed
Ed. Sheena Gillespie and Robert Becker. Ed
NYC: Pearson Longman, 2008. 101-105. print.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Blog POst #2
"NIght to his day" is mostly about gender and the influence it has in society. gender basically makes up peoples lifes, because it tells everyone how they have to act and dress, and be according to their gender in order to be their gender. in the text, the author discusses how people just assume the gender of a person by just looking at what they wear or how they walk and behave, etc. For example she describes a Man in the bus with a baby and how everyone was looking at him and being proud of him because he is a man, and men dont usually take care and spend a day alone with their baby. She also guessed the babys gender by just taking a look at the clothes, assuming it was a boy because of the cap the baby had on. but the author was wrong, she then saw that the baby had girl socks on, and earings that's when she noticed that the baby was a girl. throughout the reading the author added that after a person is born, they dont know how they are suppose to behave, how people from their gender behave. so the people around them tell them how they have to be to be like their gender. Also That is why people act like they do, and behave like they do, to fit into their gender and into society.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Blog post #1
Are Males Born or Made?
I think Males are made because Once born, their parents and everyone else tell them and teach them what they have to do and how they have to be, or act according to their gender. So After their born their parents and other people kind of make them act and function the way their supposed to. Male are born, but when they are, they don't know how to act, what toys they can play with, how they have to feel, how they have to dress, etc according to their gender. so that's why they are Made because from birth people start teaching them and filling them with information with how they are supposed to behave as a male. Male are born but then they are tought to be masculine so they can fit in society, that is why i think they are made.
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