Active Learning Assignment #1
To delve into the world of male masculinity is to open a can of worms. In the world we live in today, the “tough guise” persona is eroding against its own will. Men are becoming more feminine: they get facials, pedicures, and have spa trips. Aside from the frivolous things, however, men are finally beginning to open up more and become more understanding. There are also men fighting against this transformation. In my opinion however, this change hardly makes them less of a man. In fact, it makes them more of a man that women would want to be with. As Braid Paisley, the country singer, ever so eloquently puts it:
“I'll pour out my heart, hold your hand in the car, write a love song that makes you cry, Then turn right around knock some jerk to …show more content…
A clip shown quoted: “Never show weakness, the only pain that matters is the pain you inflict”. Quotes like these are misleading; telling the young, influential men of the world that the only way to earn respect and power is by disrespecting women and putting down the ‘little guy’. The over masculine, chauvinistic male persona is not the best way to succeed anymore.
The business world has never before been as well balanced with men and women as it is in this century. As women have finally begun to find the equality they have long worked for, and as these women strive for success, there are men holding tightly to what used to be a male dominant culture. With women and homosexuals gaining equality in the work place it is leaving less room for the men of the business world to succeed. There are particular areas, even in the business world, in which a woman might succeed more than a man. Instead of taking on certain qualities to become more adapt in these areas, men are backlashing and gripping tight to the