1. The Night stalker(History of Richard Ramirez)
According to society men are supposed to be friends with men and women are supposed to be friends with women, this denies men the opportunity to have a natural friendship with a woman. Many men are stepping out of this horrible way of life and are having more female influences in their life, by this they are learning to be more sensitive and understanding. After all, as Deborah Tannen points out, a male body is just a modified version of the female body, why else would they have nipples (Tannen 422). Therefore, why should not men be more aware of their female side? The men choosing not to come out of there "macho" ways do not understand and make terrible assumptions about the men not afraid to step outside of the male gender roll. .
Although it is hard for an adult to come out of the traditional gender roll it may be even harder for an adolescent. A very close friend of mine has always been more feminine than masculine. He is very sensitive to other people's feelings and very caring. Because of this he has always had more female friends then male. Everyone who knows him is sure that he is not a homosexual, but from the outside looking in it may seem a bit different. When he moved to Auburn he decided to join a fraternity, upon getting a bid the torture for him began. Not a day goes by that one of his pledge brothers does not call him gay, or make fun of him in some way. Many times I have walked outside to see the back windshield of his truck have some vulgar drawing on it having to do with homosexuals. Many would say that is just the normal part of being a pledge, but my friend takes it personal because the other pledges are not treated this way. I knew it was causing him very serious emotional damage when he came home crying from a pledge meeting. He could not tell me what exactly was said but he did say it had reference to him acting gay.
A very serious emotional repercussion for the men that choose not to follow the "manly" way of life is exclusion.
Through Greg and Pam's experiences with sterotypical images and Greg's mishaps we see their love is true. ... Kevin is the best man in Pam's sister's wedding. ... It is very evident that Jack thinks very highly of his eldest daughter, and that he may not be very open to the idea of letting her marry a man, who in his mind may replace his spot in Pam's life. ... She is obviously in love with Greg which is plainly stated when she tells her mom that she believe Greg "is the one- referring to her beliefs that Greg appears to be the man she is meant to marry. ... A man, ...
In this country women are prohibited to drive, they can't travel without the consent of a man, they can't be seen in public without an abaya, they can't work and in general they are treated like second class citizens. ... However her defiant nature is somewhat suppressed over time and starts to affect her physical health, this is expressed on page 29, when Suha says, "When I confronted the man who was blocking my path, and was unable to push the stick out of the way or budge an inch, I knew that I didn't have control over my own life and was a prisoner of this stick and th...
These stereotypes will be analyzed independently and then juxtaposed with corresponding sterotypical female characters in the novel. ... She claims that the first is a man who, in brief, is aggressive (usually in a sexual sense) and exploitative towards women. The second stereotype is a man who professes unconditional love for a woman while doing away with the sexual dimension of amorous relationships. ... This means that, by virtue of him being the man in the relationship, he should be loved, taken care of, and compensated for, regardless of his shortcomings or misgivings. ... It is very e...