Argumentative Essay On Men And Women

While society has learned how to identify men and women based on what they see or hear on television, read in magazines and newspapers, and what we hear on the radio. Men are often portrayed as the strong, powerful leaders giving them a reputation to uphold. Women are seen as the weaker and more emotional, causing them to be more insecure then men. While both men and women offer a great variety of skills in society, the media and the government divide them on television and in print, therefore, the American people should fight for more say in what we hear and view from the media. Men often get picked apart for how they dress, what they drive, even their race, and what kind of profession they have. For instance, we have been taught unconsciously to often judge, for example, when we see a Latino man we may automatically think he belongs to a gang, if we see an Asian man we may immediately think he has some sort of kick boxing background. Men have been taught from a young age that they have to act intimidating and look mean in order to gain respect. Men often have the idea that amongst their buddies, they have to be courageous, many will do just about anything just to prove they are men. Men are looked down upon if they show emotions such as weakness, depression, or …show more content…
For example, Tough Guise 2 explains how the weapons are changing since the 1940’s,1980’s and 1990’s. Perhaps to attract attention or to be more manly. In fact, it is also mentioned in Tough Guise 2 that pornography has also become increasingly more violent compared to the 1960’s. We have more violent, realistic and sexual movies that our younger generations are viewing along with murder, and distasteful video games that we are allowing younger ages to play. While we say we do not like these things we are not doing anything to change it, the movies are getting great audiences, and the video games continue to get