The Role Of Masculinity In Coates The World And Me

Construction of masculinity represents supremacy and authority on femininities and on another form of masculinity. It replicates and shapes the man’s social association with women and other men. Additionally, masculinity construction reflects the socially dominating gender construction that subordinates feminine together with the other males. As explained in the Coates’ book ‘The world and me,' it is clear that construction of masculinity is a component of survival in many schools. She explains how masculinity dominates over a girl child. For example, “we have not much cared about what happens to our daughters on the yard, either real or imagined.” This means that people do not have even the slightest idea on what happens to girls on black college campuses. Learning in Mecca, one comprehend that love is complicated and the same men who love you are the ones who would not hesitate to hurt. Coates is against the construction
of masculinity since it discourages and undermines the feminine. On the other hand, Marcus Gerke explains the gender gap demonstrated in achievement as well as in school enrollment.
He argues that most girls are doing way far worse than boys .furthermore; he explains that Black male and Latino learners are disrespected and disregarded at colleges and universities. Likewise, African, American and Latina women are also under respected this is because of construction of masculinity. He argues that the boys aspire some form of construction of masculinity that drives them to behave in a weird and unexpected manner toward girls. However, he does not condemn the boy for having such behaviors. He argues that the streets are to blame since they offer the male adolescents an alternative method and routes towards manhood. This leaves them with no other option but to develop masculinity to survive and penetrate through the streets’ corners. As a result, the male adolescent boys ends up defending themselves from rival gangs earn their living through illegal activities and show masculinity to achieve their
desires. Surely, “stop and frisk” is one the barriers affecting marginalized boys. The society is supposed to help in improving the educational performance of both the male and female students. Comparing the ideas of the two books, construction of masculinity is a great hindrance of excellent performance by students in colleges and universities. It is valid to posit that some boys develop masculinity because of the circumstances they go through while trying to achieve their goals. They end up being rude to the teachers and their counterparts. On the other hand, the feminine are exposed to danger since the same men they call friends, classmates or neighbors are the same people who subject them to sexual assaults. Therefore, the community should work on how to protect, educate and help both the males and the females. Finally, comparing the two books to the book of "is everyone a little racist" by Nicholas Kristof, the whole idea is based on racism. This is widely demonstrated on how the American, African and Latino students are treated and approach. Some are perceived as mere criminals without moral standards. For instance, Nicholas Kristof complains that the young black men in America suffer racism. He further argues that school administrators suspends and expels black students more often than the white students. Additionally, the police tend to arrest blacks at a higher rate compared to the whites probably; these people knows and understand the meaning of equality but they choose to consciously ignore to be discriminative.