{"id":52097,"date":"2023-09-28T23:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T23:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays.homeworkacetutors.com\/2023\/09\/with-the-wave-of-feminism-taking-over-the-world-issues-pertaining-to-essay\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T23:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T23:21:43","slug":"with-the-wave-of-feminism-taking-over-the-world-issues-pertaining-to-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/with-the-wave-of-feminism-taking-over-the-world-issues-pertaining-to-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"With the wave of feminism taking over the world issues pertaining to Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the wave of feminism taking over the world, issues pertaining to women are discussed and<\/p>\n

highlighted very often. Where these issues, topics, and movements are crucial in our day and<\/p>\n

age; such as the #metoo movement or equal pay demand; it is also important to not forget about<\/p>\n

the other gender. Men are often neglected in comparison to women, whereas they may face<\/p>\n

similar conflicts in life. This paper in no way tries to target feminism, rather it tries to shed light<\/p>\n

on various stereotypes associated with men that are not discussed enough.<\/p>\n

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Statement of the Problem:<\/h3>\n

According to every society, everywhere, men are known to be the leaders, the breadwinners, the<\/p>\n

providers. They are expected to be strong and healthy and capable. Where this may be true the<\/p>\n

reality of the matter is that all of these expectations carry with a certain amount of burden and<\/p>\n

pressure. This burden\/pressure on men is not discussed often enough. The minimal discussion or<\/p>\n

lack thereof is a big source adding to psychological problems in males.<\/p>\n

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Our study proposes to<\/p>\n

investigate the severity and presence of these psychological problems in men in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The significance of the Study:<\/h3>\n

It is important for this study to be carried out because there is not enough research or literature<\/p>\n

out there in regard to the problems faced by the male gender. This study aims to discuss issues<\/p>\n

not otherwise discussed. It aims to create awareness amongst people and to act as a source<\/p>\n

perhaps of help and reassurance for men\/boys out there. This study may also act as an example<\/p>\n

and guide of what needs to be changed in our society so that the future male generation can be<\/p>\n

healthier and happier.<\/h3>\n

Scope:<\/h2>\n

Within this study as priorly mention we will be looking at stereotypes and certain standards<\/p>\n

associated with men. We will specifically be discussing physical standards and stereotypes, such<\/p>\n

as; height, build, complexion, weight, etc. Also, the expectations in regards to education and<\/p>\n

career, such as; boys are expected to go into science fields rather than art, and men are expected<\/p>\n

to be sole breadwinner of the family.<\/h3>\n

RESEARCH QUESTION:<\/h2>\n

Do the stereotypes, standards and expectations associated with men, impact them negatively?<\/p>\n

HYPOTHESIS:<\/h2>\n

The standards and expectations that we have set for men in our Pakistani society, have a negative<\/p>\n

impact on their mental health, confidence and self esteem.<\/p>\n

LITERATURE REVIEW:<\/h2>\n

\u0095 Behold the man: the hype and selling of male beauty in media and culture (1999)<\/p>\n

Discussing examples in which both striking men and women are regarded as \u201cthe norm,\u201d Behold<\/p>\n

the Man argues that men are experiencing the same injustices as women \u0096 sold on the covers of<\/p>\n

magazines and in advertisements, based on their sex appeal, sometimes to promote nothing more<\/p>\n

than their looks. Within this book, topics on how society portrays \u2018the ideal male\u2019 through<\/p>\n

advertisements for clothing, cologne, sunglasses, automobiles, and shaving products are found;<\/p>\n

how well-built males and their bodies are featured in movies, music videos, and literature; and<\/p>\n

how advertisers and authors faithfully follow the \u201cbigger is better\u201d theory \u0096 for example,<\/p>\n

\u0093pectoral and bicep muscles.\u201d \u201cRevealing how men alter their bodies by dieting and cosmetic<\/p>\n

surgery to achieve the look found in advertisements, this book also examines how today\u2019s<\/p>\n

growing number of male eating disorders are caused by the notion that only good-looking,<\/p>\n

muscular men are acceptable.<\/h3>\n

\u0095 The invisible man got the whole world watching (2016)<\/p>\n

The book\u0092s title is a lyric from a track on \u0093Black on Both Sides,\u0094 a 1999 album by YasiinBey,<\/p>\n

formerly known as Mos Def, as well as a reference to the Ralph Ellison novel. Smith name-<\/p>\n

checks others. When we say \u0091a boy needs a father\u0092 we mean \u0091a boy needs someone to teach him<\/p>\n

to be a leader,\u0092?Smith writes. \u0093Teach him to suppress, teach him to be unfeeling, teach him to<\/p>\n

lead without asking, teach him solitude, teach him not to cope, teach him to explode. Just for<\/p>\n

maintaining the myth. Every lesson my father ever taught me came back to the myth.\u0094 But,<\/p>\n

Smith doesn\u0092t narrate clear practices for rejecting respectability politics, confronting mental<\/p>\n

health. And as it is acknowledged later, \u0093the process is never complete.\u0094 Given the pressure he<\/p>\n

wants us to apply to eliminate these negative systems, readers deserve critical \u00acpractices for<\/p>\n

accomplishing this, rather than platitudes. Ultimately, \u0093Invisible Man, Got the Whole World<\/p>\n

Watching\u0094 is ambitious, ardent and timely. I appreciate Smith\u0092s self-awareness, his vulnerability<\/p>\n

and his intelligence in detailing our failures and in encouraging us to dismantle the masculinity<\/p>\n

myth.<\/h2>\n

\u0095 Stereotype content across cultures by ST Fiske (2016)<\/p>\n

The stereotype content model discusses potentially universal principles of societal stereotypes<\/p>\n

and their relation to social structure. It reveals theoretically grounded, cross-cultural, cross-<\/p>\n

groups similarities and one difference across 10 non-US nations.<\/p>\n

People all over the world make sense of their society\u0092s groups by consulting tow perception:<\/p>\n

What is the other\u0092s intent (warm and trustworthy or not), and can the other enact that intent<\/p>\n

(competent or not)? Distinct stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination follow from these<\/p>\n

warmth-by-competences combinations, themselves predicted respectively by perceived<\/p>\n

competition and status. Evidence supports the stereotypes\u0092 hypothesized antecedents (social<\/p>\n

structure) and distinct consequences (emotions and behaviors). After describing internal validity,<\/p>\n

the chapter addresses external validity and then moderating variables. Finally, the chapter takes<\/p>\n

up cultural variation: Collectivist culture show less in-group favoritism, high-status societies<\/p>\n

favor themselves on competence and low-status<\/p>\n

Societies favor themselves on warmth. More unequal societies describe more groups with<\/p>\n

ambivalence (high on one dimension but low on the on the other). More equal societies, but also<\/p>\n

more conflictual societies, show less ambivalence, in an apparently curvilinear peace-<\/p>\n

ambivalence pattern. The chapter closes with implications and future directions.<\/p>\n

\u0095 The Decent of Man By Grayson Perry (2016)<\/p>\n

Rather brief and pertinent little book about the history, nature and future of masculinity<\/p>\n

wound around Grayson Perry\u0092s own struggle with his masculinity. The best part of the<\/p>\n

book is when Perry talks about his own life, the abuse from his stepfather, his teenage<\/p>\n

self as a skinhead and skateboarder, his passion for motor biking and mountain biking,<\/p>\n

his transvestitism and his own struggles with masculinity.<\/p>\n

His analysis of the problem is pretty much spot on as you would expect; nearly all crime<\/p>\n

and violence can be laid at the door of men as can wars and the way societies are run.<\/p>\n

Men are often emotionally closed and distant. Perry writes all this pretty well:<\/p>\n

\u0093<\/p>\n

Examining masculinity can seem like a luxury problem, a pastime for wealthy, well-<\/p>\n

educated, peaceful society, but I would argue the opposite: the poorer, the more<\/p>\n

undeveloped, the more uneducated a society is, the more masculinity needs realigning<\/p>\n

with the modern world, because masculinity is probably holding back that society. All<\/p>\n

over the globe, crimes are committed, wars are started, women are being held back and<\/p>\n

economies are disastrously distorted by men, because of their outdated version of<\/p>\n

masculinity.\u0094<\/h2>\n

Perry argues that genetics plays a very small role in this and conditioning and society\u0092s<\/p>\n

expectations are the central problems and will hinder any solutions:<\/p>\n

\u0093We need to firm up what it is to be a man in the 21st century, because other retrograde<\/p>\n

forces are happy to promote a seductive, familiar, easy-to-assemble package.\u0094<\/p>\n

Perry\u0092s solutions though tend towards self-reflection, men meeting in groups and talking<\/p>\n

the solution being inside men\u0092s heads. This may miss the point that our economic system<\/p>\n

depends very much on competition and division; all very much part of the male psyche.<\/p>\n

The analysis of the problem by Perry in the first half of the book is very much better than<\/p>\n

The solutions in the second half which is quite rambling. Perry is however quite funny<\/p>\n

and incisive; his musings about clothing are particularly funny; he refers to ties as<\/p>\n

\u0093colourful textile phalluses\u0094 and \u0093Men are into frippery as much as women, but they<\/p>\n

cloak it under spurious function.<\/h3>\n

Perry\u0092s new list of men\u0092s rights at the end are fairly uncontroversial:<\/p>\n

1) The right to be vulnerable 2) The right to be wrong<\/p>\n

3) The right to be weak 4) The right to be flexible<\/p>\n

5) The right to be intuitive 6) The right to be uncertain<\/p>\n

7) The right not to know 8) The right not to be ashamed of any of these<\/p>\n

But his solutions are not radical enough.<\/p>\n

DESIGN\/METHODOLOGY:<\/h2>\n

Sample:<\/h2>\n

\u0095 Pakistani men of ages 15 \u0096 35 living both in Pakistan and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u0095 Sample size is undetermined.<\/p>\n

Data Collection Procedures:<\/h3>\n

\u0095 Primary data collected through questionnaires and interviews.<\/p>\n

\u0095 Secondary data collected from other researches, studies and literature found.<\/p>\n

EXPECTED FINDINGS\/IMPLICATIONS ON SOCIETY:<\/p>\n

Through this study we expect to find that a high percentage of men and boys in Pakistan are<\/p>\n

subjected to various stereotypes. We expect to find that said stereotypes affect their mental<\/p>\n

health, confidence and self esteem negatively. We hope that these findings can be applied in life<\/p>\n

to perhaps reduce some of the burden that said stereotypes put on men further resulting in<\/p>\n

improved male psychology longterm.<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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