Masculinity, Violence, & Society:
Tough Guise Study Guide
1. Where do boys learn the traits of masculinity?
2. How are the characteristics of masculinity identified for minority men?
3. Is violence a form of deviance in our society? Why or why not?
4. Who commits the majority of violent crimes?
5. When we label groups, what becomes the focus?
6. How does not discussing gender affect the problem?
7. What are some of the changes through the history of media in the images of men?
What about women?
8. Who creates the images in the media, how is this a position of power?
9. Is Howard Stern a positive or negative model? How does he affect the issue?
10. Why did many Americans believe we lost Vietnam? How does Rambo fit with this?
11. What about Rocky? Why are his movies so popular and what group do they appeal to?
12. How do poor urban minorities confront their powerless situation?
13. Why is the term "acting black" inaccurate? What is it really describing?
14. What does Jackson Katz say that manhood is connected to?
15. How does the culture of masculinity define violence as a norm or a deviance?
16. What is the image projected by modern sports heroes? How does Mark McGuire fit or not fit this image?
17. How does society define how a man should gain respect?
18. Has the rate of violent sex crimes been decreasing with the regular crime rate? Why or why not?
19. How does the pornography industry affect the culture of violence?
20. What message does the Marlboro Man send to men in society?
21. How can the problems of masculinity and violence be handled? What can we do?
22. What is the "Tough Guise?"