Venn Diagram - Works Cited Page

Venn Diagram - Works Cited Page

Reading #1:
Author: Paul Theroux
Title: The Male Myth
Reading#2:
Author:Manning Marable
Title: The Black Male

Similarities:

• Similar negative sterotypes are used to describe each race.
• The seperation of men and women to create a specific mental outcome.
• Womens ability to sense inadequacy in men.
• Not acceptable to be highly concerned with obtaning knowledge or take an interest in writing.
• Black woman and white woman share a dismissive attitude toward black men.
• Systematic effort to shape the mental characteristics of a men.
• Physicality being a mens best attribute.

Differences: "The Male Myth"

• Traditionally their version of masculinity by society and family.
• Seperated from women to strengthen masculinity.
• Not feeling like a masculine male for liking things described as feminine.
• Complained of being seen as not masculine for taking an interest in writing.
• Being positioned in society as being above women.
• Abuse amongst each other to reinforce masculinity.

Differences: "The Black Male"

• Systematiicly forced into a specific version of masculinity created by white men.
• Seperated from women and family to weaken masculinity and family bonds.
• Not feeling like a masculine male because you were not allowed to do anything that supported those concepts.
• Having masculinity physically destroyed for taking an interest in writing.
• being regarded as less capable than black women to support family and maintain survival.
• Abuse amongst eachother for survival or financial gain.

Works Cited:
Marable, Manning “The Black Male: Searching beyond Stereotypes” Men’s Lives 5th edition. Eds. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael S.Messner. New York: Allyn and Bacon, 2001. 17-23. Print.

Theroux, Paul “The Male Myth.” Across Cultures: A Reader For Writers. 7th ed. Eds. Sheena Gillespie and Robert Becker. New york: Pearson and Long Man, 2008. 101-104. Print.