Blog #10

One of the benefits of men putting "tough guise" is that men are seen as the caretaker of their wives and women can feel protected and safe. Putting on this "tough guise" allows men and boys to be ready for a society that puts pressure on men to be strong and masculine. It can be dangerous though because it leads to a negative image of violence for men unfortunately. Gender issues can actually run synonymously with women's issues to an extent. When dealing with gender issues, gender roles also need to be mentioned. Men are expected to be the provider and the strong one and women are supposed to be the child bearers and women need to be soft and gentle. Male bashing does not help men at all because it can lead to violence and because men are expected to be tough, male bashing can ruin a man and then he takes that anger out through violence. When seeing an ad for men of color, they tend to be very muscular and seem extremely tough. These ads do not help the stereotype that men of color are violent. Men and even boys of all races see these images and want to be just like the person who is pictured. There is already enough pressure on men to look tough and be masculine and these images of men of color could make men feel like they are not tough enough. I believe that white men see men of color and being superior when it comes to being tough because the images out there show these men of color as big, tough individuals. Good examples would be of Adrian Peterson or any other pro football player who's of color. There is nothing wrong with putting images out there that show men of color having large muscles, but there are going to be negative consequences and it's like that with every kind of ad.