blog post #6

“All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History” by Yen Le Espiritu

Thesis: Asian men in american society are viewed as inferior  to real men.

1)Domestic jobs: Was forced to do feminine work(laundry and food preperation).
2)Interment Camps: They was send to camps as slaves due to the cause of the bombing of pearl harbor.
3)Asian women tend to excell more in america then asian men: women seemed to work for less money than men who work for more money.

“Chicano Men and Masculinity” by Maxine Baca Zinn

 Thesis: How chicano men are treated differently  than "white men".

1)Color of skin compared to white "males" manhood not as important to men of color.
2)Traditionally masculinity is a greater significance to men of color.
3) Philendering(sleeping with other women) to chicano men show machismo.

Similarities:
Both adopt to society.
Rigid cult of masculinity.
lower paying secondary jobs.

Work cited:
Espiritu,Yen Le. “All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History”:Mens lives 5 ed,edited by Michael S.Kimmel and Michael A.Messner.New York:Allyn & bacon,2001 33-41. Print

Zinn, Maxine Baca. "Chicano Men and Masculinity" Men's Lives 5th ed. eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001. 24-32. Print

2 topics chosen so far

•  Topic (1) is Men being macho Men and a article that would support my topic is Muscle Bulletin in Mens Health magazine because it give's men advice on what are good work out's to get that build up body. 
• Topic (2)  Masculinity are shown by Build Up Body's. The men's health magazine support this topic because it give's out information to be healthy and give your body some muscle.

Final Draft

             During time society has put a image for men and a meaning to describe them as and that is Masculinity.Masculinity (Manly character) is specifically described for men and boy's to be Ex: dominant,not feminine,aggressive and as they say the person wearing the pants in a relationship.Society has now put men to be this kind of image of being Masculine, if not then people will think their not Masculine,but feminine therefore the feminine wont find them interesting.That's why men are put often in magazines to show how manly like they are and how men are to show Masculinity.

        Men back then and to this present day want to look Masculine and have that body that women will be all over. They don't want to be/look chubby,over size or unattractive. They want to look sharp,Masculine and have that manly look to show dominance.By looking manly and dominant and in a cover of a magazine you will attract a lot of readers both men/women. Men because they want to know how to get that body to look strong and confident and not weak an unsure. For women well they like to see a strong man showing off his body.That's why men now and days want to have that build up body because it shows your strong and a dominant person and not have that femininity look. Men that don't have that kind of look aren't seem attractive and masculine but are to be shown as a uninteresting person since that's how society has image men to be.


      Since the men want to look more manly,strong and not feminine they are more Masculinity. They don't want to look feminine because they think others will say oh he not a true man and the women wont like that because they want the men to have the pants in the relationship and not the other way around. If the women is the dominant one with a men in a relationship people will find that unusual. So therefore you will be unsure about your self and you wont be manly to others no more till you have that build up body. For example in a ad of a magazine a men in build up body walking in the beach shirtless and showing of his body while their is another guy doing the same walking on the beach shirtless but not strong nor build up and there are ladies there who are they going to look at? The masculine one because women find that attractive and as they say 'sexy'.


   Ads like that show what would happen in both sides of masculinity and none masculinity. Ads like that 'supposedly' give a message to the men which is to have that masculine body to get what you want.If  you have that un-masculine body you don't get what you want. Men go with that look from back in times till this present day since its the manly look. Men have to look manly in order to be Masculinity and show dominance an confidence. Men who aren't masculinity are to be known or fall in with feminine. In order to catch readers attention you(men) have to be masculinity or else they wont find it interesting and more likely think of them unmanly.

Outline #1

Supportin point- Men are to look sharp

• Men are to look sharp at all time's. Most to show how manly they are. 
• Masculinity are revealed most in magazines to attract readers.

Supporting point- Masculinity are shown by Build Up Body's

• Men have to look since thats how society describes men to look like.
• Build up body's show masculinity and not feminen. Also seem's to attract women.

Supporting point- Men are not to be feminen

• Men are to be Masculint and dominant.
• To show/prove Masculinity and not feminen.

Conclusion: To show how society describe Men to be (Masculine).

MASCULINITIES: Quick Write in response to Bordo's chapter

One of the three quotes from Susan Bordo’s “beauty (re)discovers the make body,” I interpret is (3). What I interpret in this quote is that men are only suppose to act out in the photo's, look sharp, show how a man is suppose to look, not care about fashion or anything else because if so then they will find him suspicous and is unmanly, sexually suspect”. And a women suppose to care only about the clothe and make up (fashion) because that is what women "supposly" care about when they go out, try to keep up with today's fashion or try and impress some guy's. It applies to my ad because the guy has a build up body to show how a guy has to have a body to be manly and show no sign's of being unmanly,act out how men suppose to act on certain situations.Like in my ad he has no shirt, in shorts, smiling and on the beach and is showing of the body on the beach as if thats what guy's are suppose to do when in the beach.

The Male privilege Checklist

 (2) " I can be confident that my co-worker's won't think I got my job because of my sex-even though that might be true "

Not all case's are like this, some job's hire you due to the skill's you acquire. Also don't worry about what your co-worker's say, you got the job the proper way and that should be your main attention. Also your co-worker's wont be in your business they will mind their work and not with your's.