Part one of term paper
In a time when men have lost both their power and sense of usefulness, as wars once provided, they seek other means to make them feel good about themselves. They look for other ways to mask their insecurity, an insecurity that has men trying to prove themselves manly. It used to be that once flowed out of his utility in society (Faludi 7), ...

Part two of term paper
... These two ways of proving masculinity, which appear to me the most common among young men, are the manner in which men deal with sports and women. Especially at a young and immature age, these things appear to be the only way to validate manhood. Hence it is with these means that boys and men are taught their gender roles. I shall explore how most men develop what they believe to be important to their gender role in society, and draw upon examples from my own life, focusing on the aforemen ...