After reading Susan Bordo's essay: The Empire of Images in our World of Bodies, I noticed that she was basing her thesis primaraly on women and girls. This got me thinking, is it the same thing for men and boys around the world? You can see certain aspects of media bombarding men and boys around the world with idealistic frames of how they should be as well, it's just on a lower scale, and you could also say we deal with it differently.
Even before our first school day, we are bombarded by the influence that media sets for us. Our favorite cartoons set stereotypes for us to meet: Bravery, lack of emotion, toughness, strength... the list goes on. You can see how much these influence young boys just by the way they play. I remember always being the Red Ranger from power rangers, and trying to fit that brave tough guy role. The bombardment doesn't stop in our early stages of life, however.
The first thing we are pushed to do in school is join cub scouts. This is an organization whose goal is litteraly to teach young boys how to be men. The image of what a man should be is so concrete that most schools harbor an organization that teaches this. It certainly is reenforced by the media as well. Pro athletes saturate many comercials. American football among men is taboo not to like. Its true, men have standards that they are held to, and much of it is instigated by the media.
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