Tough Guise What does it mean to be a man in society? Jackson Katz in the documentary “Tough Guise” argues that social media puts a lot of pressure on how men should look and act. For example‚ Arnold Schwarzenegger is possibly one of the most popular role models for young boys and men today. Therefore when our society thinks of the ultimate “many man” the first thing that comes to mind is strong‚ aggressive‚ tall‚ handsome‚ courageous‚ rough‚ tough‚ emotionless‚ insensitive‚ fearless and practical
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Lydia Daigle Health Mrs.Lavallee Block 4 Tough Guise In the film Tough Guise‚ featuring Jackson Katz it touched on the topic violent males or violent masculinity. Jackson Katz reviewed that about 86 percent of armed robberies‚ 90 percent of murders‚ 99 percent of rapes and 98 percent of violence on women are all committed by men. “When we talk about violence in America‚ whether it’s mass shootings in the real world or violence in our movies‚ media and video games‚ we’re almost always talking about violent
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“Tough Guise” In the 1999 film‚ “Tough Guise”‚ anti-violence educator‚ Jackson Katz‚ takes viewers through the penalties of violence‚ media‚ and the crisis in masculinity. He explains masculinity as a “mask” worn by men to shield vulnerability and hide their humanity. This “mask” has taken a lot forms but the one Katz argues to be the most important is what he refers to as the “tough guise”. First I will explain Katz’s analysis and argument about the nature of “tough guise”‚ then the many variables
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"Tough Guise" Through watching this short documentary I have learned and acknowledged how we are so easily influenced and shaped through a variety of things: family‚ community and media. Numerous kids around the world learn at an early age to put on a so called "front" or "guise" to show only the certain parts and qualities that a tough guy possesses. At the beginning there was a clip where young boys defined being manly as: being tough‚ powerful‚ athletic‚ muscular‚ and stud. If you did not
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Running head: TOUGH GUISE The Media and Tough Guise The Media and Tough Guise In Jackson Katz’s video Tough guise: violence‚ media‚ and the crisis in masculinity‚ Katz presents the media as culprits in creating a culture crisis in masculinity. In the video‚ Katz uses the movie The Wizard Oz as a way to describe the use of the term “tough guise”. In the movie‚ the Wizard is a nervous‚ small man who hides behind a curtain to mask his appearance in order for him to be perceived
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The documentary we viewed in class called‚ Tough Guise‚ had the opinion on this stereotype‚ and expectation of what the male African-American should look like as‚ “This idea that men of color need to adopt this hyper masculine posture in order to get the respect they’ve been stripped of by the dominant culture is common in many groups of men of color” (Tough Guise). While the women have outside of the norm roles‚ and jobs in the show‚ the men fall into
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Tough Guise in Guyland In the documentary by Jackson Katz‚ an anti violence educator‚ Tough Guise‚ many aspects of society and the effect it has on the men today were discussed. There is a huge comparison of society today and society forty years ago. The image‚ the persona‚ and the beliefs of what a man is have all been tainted. Men should now be intimidating‚ angry‚ aggressive‚ testosterone raging beasts. First‚ the image of a man has dramatically changed. As Jackson Katz quoted‚ males are
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After watching Jackson Katz’s film Tough Guise‚ I definitely enjoyed watching the movie; it truly was a great movie to watch; considering it made me more knowledgeable and aware of the issues that continue to be problematic for boys and men in today’s society. The fact that the movie talked mainly about men and boys causing and committing majority of violence whether it was physical‚ verbal‚ emotional or even sexual; it’s our society that is molding and influencing them to think and to believe that
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unconsciously receiving rules and expectations on how we need to act‚ speak‚ and look. Both men and women are told to act and feel a certain way. Jack Katz allowed to see how much men are hindered by these unsaid rules. Watching Jack Katz film‚ Tough Guise‚ taught me so much of what men have to struggle with every day. It made me empathetic to men that have grown in this “Boys don’t cry” society‚ because they are prohibited to freely express themselves. It must be so hard for men to not be able to
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Individual & Society – Film Assignment: “Tough Guise 2” No matter what‚ we are almost always talking about violence masculinity in America. Whether we are talking about the horrifying‚ high-profile mass shooting we have seen over recent decades‚ the far greater rates of murder and gun violence we see on a day – to – day basis that barely register in the national news‚ or the epidemic of sexual violence and domestic violence‚ the vast majority of this violence is committed by men‚ young
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