The Cultural Patriarchy Of American Men

The cultural patriarchy that persecute women also oppresses men. Through American history men are expected to be the breadwinners and protectors of their families and themselves, but never really primary caregivers. To implement this role, men are required to be tough, apathetic, aggressive when needed, and menacingly loyal to those they defend, and unsympathetic to those they're defending against. For the most part a man's historical role has been extended to today's expectations of the gender role that is expected of an American man. If a man chooses to act against his given role in our society, he is looked down on and insulted by other men. For instance, if he states his poetry and love for art he is told he's too emotional or gay. He's