IMPACT ON MEN

Impact on Men

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Impact on Men

Discuss how the physical and emotional health of men is shaped by social expectations that men will behave in authorised way - autonomous, physical, competitive, and non-emotional. Particular attention should be given to sexuality, and a man's fears of being perceived as gay. Consider the impact on men, their families and their friendships. Analyse the impact that media can have in disseminating gender roles and state whether you feel that this has a positive or negative impact on men.

Introduction

For men to seek help they need strength and perseverance which are socially accepted male traits but because emotions are involved, it is considered less of an issue as it becomes feminised. Men are considered to be the best of human kind, as they are considered as a symbol of toughness and a symbol of power amongst the kinds of being God has created. Men from ages ago have been in a dilemma of being straight, gay or bi. It is often noticeable that men go though such situations that bring disgrace to his family, friends or relatives. In this assignment what it is going to be discussed, portrays the impact of emotional and physical health of men related to the social expectations in authorised way. Depending on the society, we live in; its media will show what is socially and generally acceptable in the society. Media can play a vital role for the image or representation of men, for portraying positivity or negativity about being gay or straight. If a person thinks that he is gay, and tells this to his family and friends, it should be acceptable because, it is up to the person that what he chooses to be and in what lays his happiness and contentedness. Men should be considered to be a symbol of pride for the nation he lives in, it is up to the society, that if it gives respect to men or not. The social expectation about the men differs in Western and Eastern society. And there have been some laws and rights for the people to live the way they want to live, particularly for gays and lesbians.

“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were (it were) his own”.

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Social Expectations

What are the social expectations of the physical and emotional health of men?

•It is assumed that most mainstream media have the notion that all men, homosexual or straight, have interest in playing or watching sport (Garry, 2002, p. 11), having keen interest in mechanics, and computers. For a man to admit that he has a mental problem, itself an exceptionally hard and emotional task to do. Labour MP Keven Jones, during parliament had made it aware that mental illness is not for the lower class, or criminals, but representatives too are prone to depression and need to seek psychiatric help (Penny, 2012, p. ...