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    Jackson Katz Tough Guise

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    C R I PT VIOLENCE‚ MEDIA & THE CRISIS IN MASCULINITY Challenging media TOUGH GUISE: ABRIDGED VERSION TOUGH GUISE Violence‚ Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (ABRIDGED version) Executive Producer & Director: Sut Jhally Producers: Susan Ericsson & Sanjay Talreja Written by: Jackson Katz & Jeremy Earp Editors: Sut Jhally‚ Susan Ericsson‚ Sanjay Talreja & Jeremy Smith Featuring an interview with Jackson Katz Anti-Violence Educator Media Education Foundation © MEF 1999 2 INTRODUCTION

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    1. The main issue that Jackson Katz explores in the video Tough Guise is the crisis in masculinity. Jackson Katz defines the crisis in masculinity as how guys are now characterizing the modern day “tough guy.” To be tough many men in the video used adjectives such as; respected‚ tough‚ and muscular as words to describe what they think being a “tough guy” in today’s society means. 2. One specific example of this issue can be shown through men and violence. In today’s society from a very young

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    Lydia Daigle  Health  Mrs.Lavallee  Block 4  Tough Guise    In the film Tough Guise‚ featuring Jackson Katz it touched on the topic violent males or  violent masculinity. Jackson Katz reviewed that about 86 percent of armed robberies‚ 90 percent  of murders‚ 99 percent of rapes and 98 percent of violence on women are all committed by men.  “When we talk about violence in America‚ whether it’s mass shootings in the real world or  violence in our movies‚ media and video games‚ we’re almost always talking about violent 

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    Tough Guise

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    Tough Guise What does it mean to be a man in society? Jackson Katz in the documentary “Tough Guise” argues that social media puts a lot of pressure on how men should look and act. For example‚ Arnold Schwarzenegger is possibly one of the most popular role models for young boys and men today. Therefore when our society thinks of the ultimate “many man” the first thing that comes to mind is strong‚ aggressive‚ tall‚ handsome‚ courageous‚ rough‚ tough‚ emotionless‚ insensitive‚ fearless and practical

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    Tough Guise” In the 1999 film‚ “Tough Guise”‚ anti-violence educator‚ Jackson Katz‚ takes viewers through the penalties of violence‚ media‚ and the crisis in masculinity. He explains masculinity as a “mask” worn by men to shield vulnerability and hide their humanity. This “mask” has taken a lot forms but the one Katz argues to be the most important is what he refers to as the “tough guise”. First I will explain Katz’s analysis and argument about the nature of “tough guise”‚ then the many variables

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    Tough Guise Analysis

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    Running head: TOUGH GUISE The Media and Tough Guise The Media and Tough Guise In Jackson Katz’s video Tough guise: violence‚ media‚ and the crisis in masculinity‚ Katz presents the media as culprits in creating a culture crisis in masculinity. In the video‚ Katz uses the movie The Wizard Oz as a way to describe the use of the term “tough guise”. In the movie‚ the Wizard is a nervous‚ small man who hides behind a curtain to mask his appearance in order for him to be perceived

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    Tough Guise

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    "Tough Guise" Through watching this short documentary I have learned and acknowledged how we are so easily influenced and shaped through a variety of things: family‚ community and media. Numerous kids around the world learn at an early age to put on a so called "front" or "guise" to show only the certain parts and qualities that a tough guy possesses. At the beginning there was a clip where young boys defined being manly as: being tough‚ powerful‚ athletic‚ muscular‚ and stud. If you did not

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    Response to Tough Guise

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    Tough Guise in Guyland In the documentary by Jackson Katz‚ an anti violence educator‚ Tough Guise‚ many aspects of society and the effect it has on the men today were discussed. There is a huge comparison of society today and society forty years ago. The image‚ the persona‚ and the beliefs of what a man is have all been tainted. Men should now be intimidating‚ angry‚ aggressive‚ testosterone raging beasts. First‚ the image of a man has dramatically changed. As Jackson Katz quoted‚ males are

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    Tough Guise Analysis

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    After watching Jackson Katz’s film Tough Guise‚ I definitely enjoyed watching the movie; it truly was a great movie to watch; considering it made me more knowledgeable and aware of the issues that continue to be problematic for boys and men in today’s society. The fact that the movie talked mainly about men and boys causing and committing majority of violence whether it was physical‚ verbal‚ emotional or even sexual; it’s our society that is molding and influencing them to think and to believe that

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    Tough Guise Analysis

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    The documentary we viewed in class called‚ Tough Guise‚ had the opinion on this stereotype‚ and expectation of what the male African-American should look like as‚ “This idea that men of color need to adopt this hyper masculine posture in order to get the respect they’ve been stripped of by the dominant culture is common in many groups of men of color” (Tough Guise). While the women have outside of the norm roles‚ and jobs in the show‚ the men fall into

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