In blog post #11 I will be writing a response to the film The Mask You Live In. The Mask You Live In focuses on the way society treats males. The film also talks about the certain expectations upheld for males and how they are treated if they do not meet those expectations.
How does the argument in the film make you feel (impact on your being)? The ongoing argument in the film The Mask You Live In is that males are taught to not show emotions when they are growing up. The taught stereotype for males is that if you cry or show emotions it means you are weak. The argument from the film makes me feel angry about the society that we live in. The way that social acceptance of certain actions by males and females differs so vastly blows my mind. I don’t understand why it’s socially acceptable for females to cry pretty much where ever or when ever and it is not viewed as a sign of weakness or it doesn’t make them less of a female. But if a male cries just once its a sign of weakness. How does the argument in the film make you think (impact on your knowing)? The argument in the film makes me think that males and females should not be forced to act a certain way. If a male wants to show emotions or even cry than he should be allowed to without people passing unwarranted judgement. The same goes for females like I said in my last post if a female does not conform to certain expectations placed on a female no one should pass judgement on her if she is truly happy with the way she is. How does the argument in the film make you want to make change (impact on your doing)? The argument in the film makes me think that there needs to be change. I know that in today's society a lot of people want to see change for a variety of things. But one change we should strive for is the way that we raise our male children. We shouldn’t teach them at young age that it is not acceptable to show emotion and cry. We shouldn’t teach our male children that they have to be tough all of the time no matter what the circumstances. Everyone is human and everyone has emotions. So it is not fair to teach one sex that is acceptable to cry and have emotions then teach the other that it is not allowed to cry and have emotions because it would make them weak. I think this goes both ways. Males shouldn’t be punished for having emotions and females shouldn’t be judged if they are not over emotional.
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Daniel Weaver-Cooke
4/1/2019 03:22:12 pm
I also agree that we should not teach our children that it is wrong to cry or show emotion because that is important for everyone to do.
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Sabatino
4/3/2019 04:56:19 am
One quick note: I appreciate how each of blog posts emphasizes visual and spatial modes of composing (bold subtitles/questions, blue hyperlinks, paragraph structure, white space) to help you and your audience to make meaning.
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