'Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code'

Rosin may be right that women are gaining more presence, and that men no longer control all aspects of society, however she ignores the ways in which women are oppressed in society. In the essay “Two ways a woman can get hurt,” senior scholar Jean Kilbourne, currently serving on the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Sexual and domestic abuse , asserts that through the objectification of women in advertisements and other forms of media, women continue to be submissive to men and continue to be disadvantaged in today’s society. He states that “when men objectify women, they do so in a cultural context in which women are constantly objectified in ways that there are consequences−from economic discrimination to violence−to that objectification.” In other words, contrary to Rosin’s claims, he says that the power between genders is unequal and that women continue being oppressed and discriminated against (433). Furthermore, in the essay “Bros before Hos: The Guy Code,” the sociologist Michael Kimmel contradicts also Rosins claims by evaluating the way in which men continue to see women as inferior, unable to influence their power or status. He claims …show more content…
Devor, professor of sociology and Sean of Graduate studies at the University of Victoria in British Colombia, shows that “society demands different gender performances from us” and that conditioned to conform to the norms in society (387). “Many aspects of masculinity and femininity are a result of status inequalities” (391). Devor explains that many of the reasons why masculinity is defined by dominance and aggression and femininity by passivity and submission is because there continues to exist racial inequalities. Despite of the assertions Rosin composes in her argument, women continue to be seen as inferior to men. Men often continue to be put in positions where they act as leaders while women are put in positions where they follow