Hypermasculinity for men is seen as 3 main ideas of what a man should believe and how he should act. These include
· Sexual callus towards women
· The belief that violence is manly
· Sees danger as ‘exciting’
From childhood, boys are taught in order for your father to be proud of you, you have to play and be good at sports. This is only the beginning for young boys.
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best.”
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best.”
That quote from Tim Duncan is seen all across the world as ‘motivational’. Although some parents seem to use something motivational such as a quote like that to better their child. Because children are easier to sculpt at a younger age you have the mother and father figure pushing them to their own personal limits just to see how far they go. For example,
A father signs his child up for a baseball team, even if their young boy soon figures out that he doesn’t enjoy that one certain sport it wouldn’t matter. Because boys are told never to quit, to work hard, even if the ball comes flying at them and they seem to get injured, crying would not be a factor anywhere in that. Because to men ‘crying’ aswell as grief, fear, and shame. In whatever context those would fit into, in that situation no emotions can be showed because that ‘makes you a man’. The media only perpetuates this male stereo type in violent video games, movies, and even commercials men are seen as physically strong males who over power women in almost every situation. This creates a false reality for young boys, as well as teenage boys just coming into manhood. When teenagers see criminals on television it shows them in a sense that if you commit crimes you WILL get away with them (for a little while that is) and you will have women flocking to you because of your income of cash whether it be illegal or not. But the reality of it, the most common thing that would come out of crimes is fines and prison time.
A father signs his child up for a baseball team, even if their young boy soon figures out that he doesn’t enjoy that one certain sport it wouldn’t matter. Because boys are told never to quit, to work hard, even if the ball comes flying at them and they seem to get injured, crying would not be a factor anywhere in that. Because to men ‘crying’ aswell as grief, fear, and shame. In whatever context those would fit into, in that situation no emotions can be showed because that ‘makes you a man’. The media only perpetuates this male stereo type in violent video games, movies, and even commercials men are seen as physically strong males who over power women in almost every situation. This creates a false reality for young boys, as well as teenage boys just coming into manhood. When teenagers see criminals on television it shows them in a sense that if you commit crimes you WILL get away with them (for a little while that is) and you will have women flocking to you because of your income of cash whether it be illegal or not. But the reality of it, the most common thing that would come out of crimes is fines and prison time.
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