Film Analysis Of 'Boys Will Be Boys'

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How many times have you heard “boy you need to grow up and be a man” from an older man to a younger man? From childhood boys are told to not show emotion, don’t think too much, be sexually aggressive toward women, and violence is used to gain respect. The United States American men are stereotyped as strong mentality and physically, be the moneymaker compared to his partner, dominant against women, eat a hunter’s diet with little vegetables, and to grow a full beard. Over decades, these characteristics to become a man have turned into hours of playing Call of Duty and resulting to violence to get their point across. This documentary reflects actions taken before and after violence occurs through various industries and organizations. This …show more content…

News coverage doesn’t acknowledge men as the mass shooters, instead, broadcasters refer to these men as suspect, sociopath, murder, or say kids killing kids. However, on the contrary when women are violent the headlines read “girls killing girls.” I do believe part of this problem roots from that broadcasters are dominantly men and men do not prefer to call out others of their kind causing the gender to be implied, but never stated. The film industry also encourages this stereotypical man by releasing movies similar to Gran Torino, Taken and Scarface along with children movies The Chronicles of Narnia and How to Train Your Dragon. Not all noise proclaims support for this ideology of being manly, one factor brought up in the documentary that Congress and Hollywood blame the other for the violence in the United States without ever taking a fraction of ownership. The director, Jackson Katz, speaks volumes about the insanity this ideology creates. In the documentary, his criticism emphasizes that the violence in the United States of America has similar reasoning among the perpetrators in a wide range of instances from domestic abuse to mass shootings. Violence has been claimed to be a part of boys and men since historic times of being warriors and the providers for their

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