Uriel Juarez
Per 4-8
9-7-2014
Who is the Real Man Every boy wants to be considered a man. Some don’t care what things they must do or the way they must think to become a man. Others take it into account and think is this really what it means to be a man. Every kid or boy wonders how they will become one or how they will be considered a man. They start to receive ideas on how they will be a man from idles, social media, and at times from their parents. Kids get the idea that to be a man you have to be brave, fearless, and always be hard. This idea that, anyone who is not any of those things or is missing any little attribute will be considered any less than a man and is often referred to as a sissy or a woman. They loose respect and are looked and frowned upon. To society “men” are not supposed to show any emotion but to be fearless and brave. They must always look hard, and if anytime a man puts his guard down he will be downgraded and will be looked as less than what he is. They will loose respect and will be picked on and/or putdown by others even women. Men in society have a strict way to be and act. Not following this idea that men are stones and must be powerful and strong is shaping and controlling the youth that is growing up and gives them a false sense that they must act a certain way to be considered a man. That they must abandon the way they think and feeling and hide it all to become even noticeable by others and not be disrespected. This is a big problem because to every man, being considered any less is their worst fear. This oppression does not only come from males but it also comes from females. Men who don’t fulfill these requirements to be considered a man are also looked down upon and also ignored by women. Women also have this idea that they need a bad boy who is fearless, who is big, strong, and powerful. Women demand this