Tuesday, March 24, 2009
"How Boys Become Men"
I think that a lot of what is said in this essay is unfourtunately true. Boys are expected to act differently than girls suppress emotions and overall not look like "sissys." I would like to think that times are changing slighty and that boys aren't really considered weird for befriending girls or taking interest in things that are "girly," However I'm probably wrong. Even though I agree that these things are happening I don't think that its right. I think that young boys learn very early in life, what is expected of them and how not to be a wuss. Those things aren't going to change. I do think that it is almost an important part of growing up for them though, almost like a coming of age to a certain extent. I think that young boys need to have a certain amount of being "tough" in there life, because as a man they are going to have to learn to adjust that. But also I think that young boys need to have a softer more emotional side, without being considered a wussy. I do think that most of the time things are taken to exterme and young boys should not have to be so concerned with all of this stuff, but more concerned about being young, having fun and enjoying friends. However it will probably never change.
I feel that men are now-a-days, learning that it is ok to be somewhat of a "sissy;" as society calls it. I think that men are now starting to realize that women are going to open up more to a man that has a emotional side. I don't think that too many men these days don't actually cry. Don't express their emotions. Don't exactly show what they feel. I do think though, that men are lounder, more bosterous and more interuptive at the same time. But, it is becoming more "normal" to have a man, even to his male peers, express that he is in love with a women, or even have a broken heart because of a women.. society needs to change in some ways, but then again, we need these male and female balances in order to have an interesting culture.
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