Joseph And Feilicia Masculinity

The paradigm masculinity is often occurring in Joseph and Felicia's relationship. Joseph tends to fulfill this role, there are many instances where he demonstrates masculinity within the relationship. He decides what dates they should attend, and he always elects to pay for the outings. his competitive nature is visible in the relationship also, when Felecia does a generous gesture for Joseph he eventually tries to out perform her; she once bought him new basketball shoes in returned Joseph purchased Felecia a Michael Kors purse. Of course his gestures are well appreciated from her it’s unnecessary to make turn their relationship into a competition, doing nice gestures just because is part of being in a successful relationship. Aggressiveness is
When they go out and Felecia elects to wear revealing outfits his aggression gets worse, insulting her questioning why she has certain outfits the verbal abuse in the relationship erupts. Slut, stupid, child, immature are a few of the words directed to her when they are arguing, Felecia usually is shocked with his words and doesn’t know how to respond, instead she cries and questions the abuse she endures. these are all traits that can be linked to the masculinity paradigm. Past experiences with other couples and friends help better evaluate Joseph and Felicia's relationship. Joseph uses his past experiences to also help him reflect on Felecia and his relationship. In his past relationship he was a devoted boyfriend only interested in making his girlfriend happy, the aggressiveness was non-existence in his past relationship. Unfortunately his devotion wasn’t enough to stop him from getting cheated on, and as a result he constantly uses his past experiences to question Felecia’s true motive. It was explain to him that it’s not fair to compare his ex to Felecia comparing the past to the present actually hurts his