The Male Myth Blog Post#3

I don't agree with most of the examples Paul Theroux believes are expected of  a man. To me Paul Theroux sounds like a bitter guy who fell short at being manly. I think that maybe his parents or peers made him feel like he was inadequate. For Theroux to feel as if the expression "Be a man!"(101) to be insulting and abusive and mean "be stupid, be unfeeling,obedient,and solderily and stop thinking"strikes me as a man that's scorn. Most of his examples are directed at what America views as manly which makes me also believe that his rant is not directed at masculinity and being a man but more of what he feels America  portray as a masculine man throughout his whole piece he speaks of America in a negative way ie. "The whole idea of manhood in America is pitiful. (101),"It doesn't suprise me when the President of the US dresses like a cowboy-it shows a measure of his insecurity and his willingness to please"(103). "American culture does little for a man than prepare him for modeling clothes in the L.L Bean catalouge"(103)."American writer typically has been so at pains to prove his manliness"(103) etc. Maybe I'm wrong about his parents and friends making him feel inadequate maybe it's just America protrayal of what's manly that's makes him feel such ill feelings towards being a man. That leaves me to wonder all the different examples that America protrayed as manly is Theroux upset he doesn't fit in to at least one ?!  Yes I think that Theroux is suggesting that men in other countries and cultures have more freedom when it comes to masculinity because it seems as if he feels America ask to much of men in other cultures and countries masculinity is not as important.