ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Carrot Cake, Washing Machine, Masturbation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1120
• Professor: Cory Sampson

Document Summary

Tells people how they should think and feel. Connecion between men and women and what they can and can"t do: males are shamed for things that are/are not manly. Deines what masculinity should be : the leading igure in the house. Gay men interacion - works with and against masculinity. Males taught to suppress feelings if emoions were put out they were shamed. Boys are given physical punishment to be taught. Main theme: guys hide things about their sexuality. If a male stuck something up his but, he would be considered gay. He"s experiencing a form of sexual pleasure that is taboo he connects it to female sexual pleasure in some way. If nothing else it is incredibly frank and honest. We can infer how men get damaged from trying to grow up trying to become men. In this case they step outside of society"s expectaions of being men.