"Hot Spot" Writing Blog 1B

       One hotspot that I had found after reading this section was “male conspiracy to keep women in their place” found on page 129. This stuck out to me because growing up I have noticed and heard in many instances that males will do anything to keep their manhood as well as prove to everyone that they have more power over women. They perform negative and significant acts to keep women in their place. They feel as though they have more control over women, and women should do what the men say. I do see this as wrong, men shouldn’t have to go out of their way to put anyone in their place, whether it is women, children or people of their work. Although I disagree with this statement, I agree that men attempt unlawful acts to keep women in their place.

            The second hotspot I found in “Real Men Don’t” is “men control their language and that they use it to define women and women’s roles as inferior” found on page 129. I have found that especially in college, students are getting creative in their language to put others down, or even to compliment others. Men tend to use degrading words to put women down. In class on Monday we talked about words that people use to show that they are inferior. For an example, men use the term “bitch” to define a women to put them down. When they use words like this it makes them feel as if they are at a higher power. When men use words like this to me, I don’t see them as inferior I see them as weak. People put others down to make them feel better about themselves. 

            The third statement that stood out to me the most was “Women must choose between attractive shoes and comfortable shoes” on page 143. This stuck out to me the most because this little decision actually tells a lot about someone’s personality along with their willingness to impress. Women’s wardrobe coming into an interview is one of the first things that people will judge about you. If you have on a stunning suit with flats that don’t tell a statement, they will wonder why you didn’t take an extra step to go with the appropriate heal that matches the outfit. Men are only expected to wear dark, closed toed shoes when it comes to business and professional attire. They are not given an option but at the same time it’s the standard shoe for a male.

             The fourth statement that caught my attention was “I asked myself what style we women could have adopted that would have been unmarked, like the men’s. The answer was none. There is no unmarked women” stated on page 142. This is interesting to me because this is a very true statement. Not even one hairstyle is considered to be standard for all women. Everyone is different in every way, but women seem to differ more with the options and choices they can choose from. There is no standard outfit for women to wear to a meeting, to school, or even to take your children to the park. This creates difficulty and also the title for women to be “marked”.