The terms hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity …show more content…
Tough Guise 2 helps to reinforce how a male should act and be, thus showing how gender is done. It shows how men should be violent to show their “manliness” and to show their dominance in society. To show this control and dominance, media and video games often show the use of guns and violence as a way to obtain hegemonic masculinity. Because so much of the media shows that becoming a man means gaining respect and power through violence (guns) as well as sexual conquest (objectifying women into objects of sex), it’s no wonder that most of violent crimes as Tough Guise 2 tells is committed mostly by men. Gender is done for men through the use of media and video games portraying the ideal hegemonic male to be dominant, violent, as well as demeaning women which is apparent in the stats that Tough Guise 2