Tough Guise

Tough Guise Reaction C13 - Intro. to Soc. From Watching Tough Guise-Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity I have awaken to the social construction of masculine identities in our country during the past 20th century. I always knew of the social differences between males and females because these are what we have been brought up with. Jackson Katz shows how masculinity has developed as a “social construction, a performance, or role, in short, a tough …

…even though the negatives do a little out weighing. I found myself almost angry at times during this film because of the sad and absolute truth in it. I think it would be very effective for every young male to watch Tough Guise as impossible as that sounds. I know I will be paying more attention to films, commercials and other forms of media and culture in our society after watching this film. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**