Sunday, April 4, 2010
The Menaissance - Brett McKay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxLaCltp2o&feature=player_embedded
Link is in case you want to view the features of youtube. Some of the options are cut off due to the style and layout of the blog.
One of the first questions posed by Brett is "What happened to real men?"
To answer this, he goes on to talk about the "three lame excuses for manliness": The Metrosexual, The Dumb Dad, and The Manboy.
He then claims that there are three reasons that these three types of men came about: Feminism, Absent Dads, and Consumerism.
McKay angers me...for the most part.
The one aspect of his presentation that did not upset me is when he said that "there are some things we should leave in the dustbin of history like sexism, homophobia, and racism".
Most of this clip, however, does annoy me, because he claims that there is a "real man" out there; to McKay, men are strong, individuals, and rugged.
There is apparently no room for emotions within McKay's "real men" world.
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just another guy trying to push stereotypical "man-liness" on the worlds male population. this reminds of me a program i watched in my interpersonal communication class about how boys are taught so young to be "tough" and show no emotion, but the show actually went on to say that doing this to boys has negative consequences. i like my man to have some feelings, but apparently thats not the norm.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely.
ReplyDeleteRaising boys like that is incredibly negative to their overall wellness.
I mean, if you look at your "ideal" man, he would show emotions, but to those raised not to, it's hard for them to do that. Also, it's hard for them to learn how to show emotions. So in the sense of finding a partner, it's hurtful to them.
But, studies show that holding in emotions is horrible for mental health of individuals...