I've been thinking a lot lately on the idea of media and its effects on who we are as individuals. I find it a fascinating idea that we are so affected by the media and what we consume. A thought that has been bouncing around in my mind for some time now is this whole idea of Boys and how social pressures effect them. We often talk about girls and how the media and social pressures effect them but we rarely if ever talk about boys and how they are dealing with things. I would suggest that boys are just as effected if not even more. We all the time talk about how girls are negatively impacted and because of that it is always on people's minds and frankly there is a sense of sensitivity towards it. However with guys it is never talked about and the effects go almost unnoticed. I would still believe that it is impacting boys like crazy. We live in a woman's world, where they demand rights, respect, and superiority. Now I want to clarify something right now, I am 100% for equality among all people including the sexes. However I have to also clarify that equality does not mean superiority. A lot of what people demand these days is not equality. Frankly if we look at things from a legal standpoint we are equal. All people regardless of sex, ethnicity, race, or sexual orientation have the same exact rights as anyone else in the United States. So then why do we need more? Because people are unsatisfied they want to be better. This is a dangerous game to play. We should not be trying to be better we should be trying to uplift each other to the best we can be. I think that the media nowadays has been damaging the male image and it is frightening because it is almost improper to be a man. How scary a concept that our children will not be able to be proud of the fact that they are something (man, woman, or whatever). We should instead be focusing on building each other up. Magnifying our differences in gender and making those our strengths.
Well that's my two cents.
