Male & Female Roles in Modern American Society
Being a Man
From time immemorial, the society has placed unnecessary pressure on men. There has been a great expectation on masculinity when compared to feminism. Whereas there have been several advocacies for gender inequality, such has always been skewed towards the rights of women in the society. This has largely been successful in emphasizing the equal rights of women to men. However, the society has ignored the struggle for equal rights of men. Statements such as "be a man" are often used in society in reference to men. Such phrases imply that men have other physical, emotional and psychological abilities that women lack. The frequent use of such phrases in society serves to put men under pressure to behave and act in a certain way.
The use of such phrases in society against men has served to increase insensitivity and lack of feeling about men. The right implication of the phrase "be a man" is that requires men to stop being empathetic and sensitive to the needs of the others in the society. Consequently, this has born another breed of men that do not care about people around them. They are not empathetic to situations other people are going through. They are insensitive to the needs of other people around them. Whereas these are negative traits of men in the society, the society has played a key role in creating them.
Secondly, the phrase "be a man" forces men to conduct and behave in a certain way that they would have not had they been left to choose their behavioral pattern....
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