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‎"Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, because it's OK to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that being a girl is degrading. But secretly you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you? What it feels like for a girl?" - Charlotte Gainsbourg

Unisex clothing? saw this in the mall

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Blog Post #12

The Hangover focuses on a group of man trying to find their lost buddy after a night of partying. This movie falls under the category of Bromance a term for close male relationships. The movie portrays the different type of male stereotypes there are including: the one that is too nice and is pussywhipped, the weird male and the tough cursing male that does whatever he wants. The relationships between males seem a intricate and puzzling one specially the ones considered Bromances. These bromances seem to fall under their own category because they stick together forming close bonds and yet some might see it as man being too close so they could be seen as possibly being homosexuals. But the bonds these male form also serve the purpose of actually boosting each others masculinity whether it be that they win or lose girls or to see who can out drink each other. As Grazian states in his article males go through "collective rituals of confidence building." (325). This is clearly portrayed in the movie because right before they go to have a night of partying, booze, hookers and drugs they gather around together in a rooftop to drink and celebrate the night that hasn't even happened yet. The get together drink and hurdle together maybe in order to boost their confidence or maybe to just have a good time, but either way if there were no males around would it still be the same? Would a lonely person drink and get ready before going out? Perhaps. The movie makes it seem as if man although needing woman need man more in order to approve of each other behaviors.


                                                              Works Cited:

Grazian, David. "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as           Collective Activity." Men's Lives. Ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. 8th ed. Allyn & Bacon, 2010. 320-37. Print.

The Hangover. Dir. Todd Phillips. Perf. Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, and Justin Bartha. Warner Brothers. Pictures, 2009. DVD.

Course Reflection

The group assignment would be have to be the one that stands out when I think of a fun assignemt. The group met outside of the classroom and discussed what we needed to do. Also things like the debate and the little acting we did was fun and brought energy and active discussions to the classroom. One of the things that I took away from that assignment is that although being a single parent is hard, a child being raised by a single father is more likely to stir into the "wrong" path.

I pretty much cared for all the assignments just some of the assignments were not as interesting as other ones. Or maybe not that the assignment was not interesting it's just that they were hard but hard assignments challenges the mind, and stereotypes. An example would be the first research assignment it took a while in order to learn how to do a proper research paper with all the necessary components.

Blogger was useful in this class because it was simple and easy to use, Nimg not so much. All Blogger needed was a bit more personal touch not only school work but things about Masculinity. A blog with just assignments looks boring and dull so it was cool that you posted all different types of things in your blogs.But I try to stay away from using too many google services, it knows too much.

In my own I found a paper talking about Brazilian masculinity so I still have yet to read it but I have printed it out. I also intend on reading the book called White Masculinity In Crisis I believe is the name. In my own I also researched some photos on all aspects of Masculinity. I also watched a very interesting documentary on Netflix about sexuality in different countries. I also invited my sister and a friend to come with me to the classroom and I was often discussing Masculinity to a friend applying what I learned in class. Very interesting subject indeed. I just wish the semester wasn't so short because things start to snowball.

Research Paper Revised

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gXtb2mrQ7nGMHFsNEe7sMxe4KU6oyd9K2JHLpRwNOKg/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CLeZ_pgP