Sunday, November 11, 2012
Proposal #2
The masculine gender holds expectations that are ingrained in the minds of people living in our culture. There are unspoken rules that men are supposed to follow or they will face negative social criticism. The media portrays the way a man "should" be and continues the social construct of the masculine gender in the United States. The masculine gender is expected to suppress emotion and externally appear like nothing is wrong. These suppressed emotions end up being acted upon in violent and aggressive ways. Men cannot express who they truly are and this frustration is expressed in unproductive ways. The pressure that men have in our society to act macho and follow the "guy code" causes violence and aggression. I want to write this in order to raise awareness about the current state and view of the masculine figure in our society. It is important that this trend is changed and we will have a less angry and violent culture. I will use evidence from the textbook and other resources on the internet about male statistics on violence.
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This is a good start, but I'd like to see you flush out some more of your writing plan here. Which reading do you most see as support for your claim? Also, if you are going to make the claim that we need a less "angry and violent culture" then your audience will need to know how violent and which culture? U.S. ? International? Or are you going to look more locally into our gang problems here in Santa Cruz or California? Do you have personal experience that you can draw from? How will you build the logos in your essay and which argumentation style will you use (Rogerian? Classic Argumentation?) Lots more to explore here...
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