Sixth Blog Post

Many of us are surrounded by masculinity and violence practically everyday. Even though for most of us the violence is probably just seen on television, we are still exposed to it. There is a good chance that some of the violent actions people see on television influence people to do them or at least consider doing them because when people do it on television it seems to be so easy. But of course, that's just because it's on a show or movie and almost anything seems to be possible to get away with. Our society is greatly affected by the violence and masculinity that is shown by the media and in movies. Men or boys will watch a movie with a muscular, athletic, and good looking guy who is the hero or the person all the girls want, and it makes them want to be like what they watch. They develop the attitudes they see or how their friends act to be popular or to be known as the guy all the girls want. It's like an ego boost. Then when a guy gets an ego boost they think they are better than other guys or just other people in general, including females. Many movies have this sort of situation; an average male turns into some popular guy every one wants to be around, he gets a cocky attitude, eventually a problem arises, of course a female is going to be involved, and in the end the guy will realize having so much power really isn't all that great or worth it. Not only are men affected by these sort of things, but I think children are too. More so around the ages of about 8-10 where kids are getting older and hear about things from older kids and they develop a really nasty attitude. Not to be sexist, but again I feel like it is the younger boys who do this more than girls. There is a fair share of girls/women out there who do things that are just as bad as the things men do, but I've always known boys/men to cause more issues.