Tori-Hotspots

1. Hotspots

- “In addition, because the body is often raised primarily by females in the virtual absence of close adult males, his grasp of what is required of him to be a man if often unsure.”

(pg 132, Par.2, August)

This quotation caught my attention because I felt like August unknowingly used a bias about females in it that helps disprove his point. He is trying to prove a point throughout the whole essay stating that men are the victims of stereotyping, not the enemies, when he himself just made a common stereotype that a child is most likely raised by a woman.

- “A woman who kills her male partner can plead the “Battered Women’s Syndrome”, a man who kills a violent female partner cannot plead the “Battered Man’s Syndrome.”

(pg 131, par.1, August)

This quotation along with many others throughout the essay interested me because it really opened my eyes to how many double standards there are within our legal system. I do agree with August when it comes to situations like the one above because no one should get away with murder because of their gender.

- “For men no make-up is unmarked.”

(pg 142, par. 5, Tannen)

I found this quotation interesting because Tannen makes the point that no matter what a woman wears on her face, she is always marked, meaning she is judged for wearing make-up or for not wearing it, but a man is not. When was the last time a man was judged for not putting make-up on?

- “He invites men who doubt this to lift up their shirts and contemplate why they have nipples.”

(pg 144, par. 3, Tannen)

I though this quote was very humorous and did make you truly think of the question asked; why do men have nipples? This very well might be true that a male is a modified version of a female, like stated in the essay, and I never have heard of that theory before so I found this very interesting and entertaining!