From:Ashley Trembley ashley-rose18@hotmail.com
To: tkubal2.2009.gender@blogger.com
Subject: In Class Interview
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:24:08 -0800
During our in class interviews I interviewed a 26 year old male. I asked him, "How can we transform the meaning of masculinity in society so it is no longer equated with violence?" and the interviewee responded with, "In our modern society we should stop equating masculinity and violence with life success" and how to go about it; he wasn't quite sure. He mentioned how one of his guy friends had a mindset of being too good for school but wanted to live off his girlfriend who is currently going to nursing school. As if he's contradicting himself. I asked if any changes were going to made in our lifetime and he said probably not. Overall the interviewee was fixated on the idea that success was the root cause as to why masculinity was accociated with violence and any methods of doing so were just out of reach. That our society in 2014 isn't ready to change this meaning because of how gendered we are. To counteract what he said, I think it is possible. There needs to be more disscusion, ideas, people invovled, and head strong will power. Ultimately a lot of meanings and stigmas need to change if anyone wants to transform the meaning of masculinity and feminism.
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