About the developmental phase he calls “Guyland,” Michael Kimmel writes:
[It] is the world in which young men live. It is both a stage of life, a liminal undefined time span between adolescence and adulthood that can often stretch for a decade or more, and a place, or, rather, a bunch of places where guys gather to be guys with each other, unhassled by the demands of parents, girlfriends, jobs, kids, and the other nuisances of adult life. In this topsy-turvy, Peter-Pan mindset, young men shirk the responsibilities of manhood and remain fixated on the trappings of boyhood, while the boys they still are struggle heroically to prove that they are real men despite all the evidence to the contrary.”
While it is acknowledged to be a primarily white, middle-class phenomenon, Guyland actually extends to all segments of young American men. What, if anything, can be done to “right the ship” for this crucial segment of the population? How can American society better support its young men? In a concise editorial, explore the ways in which we can rescue our young males from Guyland. Cite exclusively from Guyland: The Perilous World Where Men Become Boys to support your thesis.
Remember, an editorial expresses an opinion on a current issue. It may take a formal or informal tone, but its primary goal is always to persuade readers. Because editorials were born in newspapers, they are traditionally succinct in form and can often carry the "voice" of the author.
Below are a series of recent editorials from around the country:
[It] is the world in which young men live. It is both a stage of life, a liminal undefined time span between adolescence and adulthood that can often stretch for a decade or more, and a place, or, rather, a bunch of places where guys gather to be guys with each other, unhassled by the demands of parents, girlfriends, jobs, kids, and the other nuisances of adult life. In this topsy-turvy, Peter-Pan mindset, young men shirk the responsibilities of manhood and remain fixated on the trappings of boyhood, while the boys they still are struggle heroically to prove that they are real men despite all the evidence to the contrary.”
While it is acknowledged to be a primarily white, middle-class phenomenon, Guyland actually extends to all segments of young American men. What, if anything, can be done to “right the ship” for this crucial segment of the population? How can American society better support its young men? In a concise editorial, explore the ways in which we can rescue our young males from Guyland. Cite exclusively from Guyland: The Perilous World Where Men Become Boys to support your thesis.
Remember, an editorial expresses an opinion on a current issue. It may take a formal or informal tone, but its primary goal is always to persuade readers. Because editorials were born in newspapers, they are traditionally succinct in form and can often carry the "voice" of the author.
Below are a series of recent editorials from around the country:
- "Here's Hoping Colin Kaepernick's Protest Movement Can Teach Schools a Lesson in the 1st Amendment" (Los Angeles Times)
- "Should Obama Pardon NSA Leaker Snowden? Nyet" (Chicago Tribune)
- "Why We Should Treat Islamophobia as a Public Health Issue" (Dallas Morning News)
- "Birtherism is Donald Trump's Big Lie" (Washington Post)
- "Why Terrorism Won't Undermine Us" (Boston Globe)
Requirements:
- Approximately 3 pages in length
- MLA Style, including parenthetical citation
- Works cited page
Due: Th 9.29
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