In his article about “Masculinity” Michael Kimmel, talked about Masculinity in different ways saying that masculinity is shaped and influenced by four major things: first , by the cultural differences , secondly by the considerable variation in any one country aver time , thirdly , masculinity changes over the course of a person’s life and finally , the meaning of masculinity vary considerably within any given society at any one time. This leads to the global construction and shaping of men’s stereotypes ,traits and view of their masculinity.

In page 3 of the article ” Masculinity” Kimmel wrote ” Institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes.” , Kimmel gave the example of of studying medicine , that in order to graduate to be a doctor you have to spend 7-11 years studying and you will graduate in your late twenties , even early thirties and this suits men more than women because women are emotional seeing people suffering , whereas men are strong , but if women chose to study medicine they have to postpone their plans to have children to after their late thirties because ounce they enter their thirties chances to have children become lower because of the fertility so , also ounce you have children your responsibilities will became more stressed and women have to balance between household , children , study and work this is why mothers tend to have part-time jobs and thus society traits , stereotypes of seeing her function changes , another example of social institutions is workplace men have higher positions and wages because they can work more hours dedicating themselves to the work because they don’t have other stuff to worry about or do , also bosses tend to judge women workers more than men workers because most bosses are men so they tend to impose their social traits about antifeminity that they have learned it from their masculinity over women ex: judging women and men about being late , they tend to create excuses for men being late whereas judging women for being late because they don’t appreciate what women do and they consider themselves being more important than women . This relate to the purpose of the 4th episode of “Man Enough” because the 4th episode demonstrates how the social stereotypes and traits of each gender created its characteristics and the purpose of this is to give importance to the new step they were talking about which is to find way to change how society is constructed to achieve the social equality between men and women .

In the conclusion to his article on page 4, Kimmel wrote, “Understanding how we do masculinities…opens up the unimaginable possibilities of social change.” And what he means by using the term masculinities ( in plural) instead of masculinity ( singular) is significant because gender varies so significantly—across cultures, over historical time, among men and women within any one culture , and aver the life course – we cannot speak of masculinity as though it is a constant, universal essence , common to all men . Gender must be seen as an ever- changing , fluid assemblage of meanings and behaviors; we must speak of masculinities. By pluralizing the
term we acknowledge that masculinity means different
things to different groups of people at different times. And the term masculinities was expressed and explained in ” Man Enough” when they were speaking about each one’s way of seeing and living masculinity in their lives ,the way they see women , and when they were talking about what was the meaning of masculinity several years ago .

1. In this statement, the author is stating that gender roles and gender differences have all risen from the way the culture and society has formed it to be seen. There are certain things which were “made” or “fit” for a man, and the same for women as well. The creation of these gender differences arise from past habits where women are seen as being the stay-at-home mom, and cleans and cooks for the family. Men are seen to be the breadwinners, and provide for the family. These two simple gender roles which have been put into society prove the fact of how the creation of both past and present gender differences come from society’s habits. In the episode which we watched in class titled “Man Enough”, the men sitting around the table go on to elaborate on how in their personal lives growing up, they discovered gender differences and grew into them. Some of these differences have brough personal shame on them as they did fall into the traps of disrespecting not omly women, but also for falling into the stereotypical statements for men in society. 
2. Kimmel speaks on these masculinities in meaning all the possible statements and stereotypes which are put onto a man and what a man should be. The daily habits and hobbies of a man which create society’s “man” and exactly what he should act like. Kimmel speaks on how understanding these masculinities can open up the conversation for unimaginable change for society and the culture. In stating this, Kimmel is trying to convey the message of how understanding the true  idea of being a man and masculinity can allow many people to realy understand that there is more to a man than what society pushes us to think. This relates to the fourth episode from “Man Enough” as the men speak on how they also have felt confused as to what a man should act like towards women and others in society. Their masuclinities and what makes them who they are have been misunderstood in the past, and have also confused them, making them men which have made mistakes in the past with behaving respectfully in society. There is more to madculinity than what meets the eye, and in this episode, the men speak on this exact idea and why is it something that must be widely spoken of to everyone so they can see that it takes alot of effort and experimentation in order to become someone that you are proud of, and to be someone which society respects.

Kimmel knows all of the problems of masculinity in our society. He shared a quote saying “Institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes.” This quote basically stating that job,school,politics and etc are gender bias. Men are mostly hired in a certain and job and women are less likely do.Politician has argue for women rights and equity before but some of our women in our society are still getting treated unequally till this days. Men are more likely to be promoted while women are still in the same position as they we’re.

In Kimmel’s perspective of masculinity, Masculinity are sectioned of behaviors and socialization. He is basically saying that Men are evolving and learning every single day in our society in terms or behavior and personality.The men in the fourth episode of Man Enough showed us how a deep conversation about emotions and feelings of a man can change a Men Ideally but It shows how can we improve and be more open to our self and our society to become a better you and a better person or a role model in this Society.

In Kimmel’s writting about Masculinity, he states that ” Institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes.” From my interpretation, what he means by that is that not only we, human beings, contributes to the “gender difference and order” but also the institutions where we evolve. For example, In some schools, the dress code differs for you depending on your sex. Boys have less or restrictions compared to girls that have to follow a much stricter code. This show how even institutions that are supposed to demonstrate equality and integrity have biases and contributes to genders’ inequality. As the men said in the documentary, boys do not learns to break those gender codes and go beyond them in school and others institutions since those places creates gender differences themselves.

The author decides to use the word masculinity as a plural noun to put the emphasis on the fact that there is not only one way to be a man. Masculinity changes from a place around the world to another but also from a moment in your life to another. Some of the “manly” caracteristics at 20-25 years old becomes completely irrelevant when you grow up older and vice-versa. In the documentary “Man Enough”, it conveys the same message since every one of the six men had a different understanding of what being a man is and their views were decided by differents criteria each time depending on the job they had, the social status, their age and so much other things. Therefore, masculinity cannot be considered as something identical for everyone and this is why kimmel decides to make it plural.

1. Michael Kimmel writes “institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes”. In this passage Kimmel refers to institutions such as the Church, the state, schools, and even workplaces whose existence depends on the maintenance of gender differences. For example, the Church promotes marriage and heterosexuality, concepts in which the power dynamic belongs to the man. This idea is synonymous to the conversations in the “Man Enough” episode since all of the men were from different backgrounds and had experienced different gender processes and yet, they perceived manliness and their relationship with it in very similar ways.

2. “Understanding how we do masculinities…opens up the unimaginable possibilities of social change.” The use of “masculinities” makes the term and the concept more inclusive of different personalities in the hopes to break the strict code around toxic masculinity. In the same way, the participants in “Man Enough” were discussing the various ways in which they are learning to be better people towards women in order to break the cycle of toxic masculinity.

The Text ‘’Masculinity’’ by Kimmel brings up many issues regarding gender and how differently we view them in our society. “Institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes.”(Kimmel 3) Through this statement Kimmel makes us realised that, often, institutions do not only display falsely jobs as genderless but also that our system  is often mistakenly considering genderless jobs as jobs only achievable my men, men who are not interested or fully involved in parenting. As Kimmel explains on page 3 of his article, the field of medicine, even if half its applicants are women, does not really succeed in accommodating women wishing to start a family. ‘’ Many doctors complete college by age twenty-one or twenty-two, and medical school by age twenty-five to twenty-seven, and then face three more years of internship and residency, during which time they are occasionally on call for long stretches of time, sometimes for even two or three days straight. They thus complete their residencies by their late twenties or early thirties. Such a program is designed for a male doctor’’ (Kimmel 3) they don’t allow any time for pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood. Therefore, we can study Gender as an Institution in the case of medicine and in many other fields just as education at the university level, that are falsely genderless.

In this text it is also question, just as the title indicates, of masculinity but even more than that, it is question of masculinities. Just as stated in the following: ‘’Understanding how we do masculinities…opens up the unimaginable possibilities of social change’’. (Kimmel 4) Kimmel does not only talk of masculinity, but of masculinities. He does so because there is no such thing as a singular masculinity in the world, we live in. He argues in his text that there is multiple factor to define masculinities. His factors include data as basic as our culture and religion but also the period of our life, because we are beings constantly moving forward, our sense of gender should be evolving as well. Just as the men are discussing around the table of Man Enough, we hear them talking about the way they saw themselves going through situations making their sense of gender grow. Talking how about men belittle women way to often just because of the fact that they are afraid that the simple act of caring for them is going to hurt their sense of masculinity. Talking about how men are to afraid to step out of the man box because that is the definition of a man that they are told is perfect, but a perfect masculinity does not exist. There is as much masculinities as there is people considering themselves as men on this planet. After all that’s the beauty of it.

Micheal Kimmel means that institutions such as a workplace or educational institute play a large role in gender identity, namely using the gendered jobs to reinforce the already established gender identity. For example, a job such as a secretary is usually performed by a woman, while the boss she serves is usually a male. The different characteristics of the jobs and the different experiences which the man and woman will have contribute to structured gender differences. I can relate this information to the fourth episode of “Man Enough” because one of the discussions in the film was how men could support female survivors of sexual abuse. Since much of the abuse takes place in the workplace, and since men predominantly have positions of power over women in the workplace, breaking the gendered institutions may result in less sexual assaults taking place.

Kimmel means that there is no singular ‘masculinity’; masculinity can vary based on different countries, cultures, time periods, and throughout the duration of someone’s life, but also in different individuals living in the same place at the same time. He prefers to use the plural term instead of the singular because it is ever-changing and the singular form cannot encompass all the meaning which the word holds. This information can be related to the discussion in the fourth episode of “Man Enough” because the hosts of the show are talking about breaking the traditional male stereotypes for a healthier self and relation with the world. For example, the thought of male predation on females is discussed as happening only because these males have the ‘consent’ of other males, who will not call out their behavior because of the ‘bro-code’. However, it is discussed that these thoughts need to be banished and it is important to stand up for the women and change this damaging stereotype.

1. I think that he means that institutions have a big role in the gender problems. Institutions create our society, so their rules create out society and how it works in there. How men are supposed to behave, to dress, how women are supposed to talk, it all reflects on the gender problems. When I was in highschool, we had uniforms. These uniforms were strict. Girls had to wear skirts and boys had to wear ties, etc. This has an impact on how the boys feel, and how « masculine » they should be.

2. I think the author says masculinities because just like je explains in his text, mascilinity has a different definition in every culture, everywhere in the world. Some things may be seen masculine in Africa while in America, it doesn’t make sense at all. In the fourth episode of Man Enough, the author explains all the types and definitions of masculinity. The quote given means that if we understand gender problems, it can change the world, for the better. That’s what he means by social change.

In Kimmel’s “Masculinity”, he talks about many problems with our society surrounding masculinity and gender. On page 3, he says: “Institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes.” This means that institutions such as schools, hospitals, workplaces all have a heavy gender bias that is extremely hard to remove because it has been a part of our society since the beginning. An example that Kimmel gives is that the higher position jobs are easier to get by males because the education system for PhD’s are based upon the biological clocks of men. For medical school, between the ages of 22 and about 28, children a woman might want to have could greatly disrupt this goal. In “Man Enough” episode 4, the whole show revolves around stopping this behavior that is standardized in our whole society and changes the way we act and function so that men and women have equal chances in life.

In Kimmel’s conclusion, he uses masculinities instead of masculinity because, as he explained on page 1-2, there is not one way to define a man. Everyone sees masculinity differently, from culture to culture and class to class, so there is not one concrete definition of what makes a man a man. How I see this concept of plural masculinities in the show “Man Enough” is that even though the six people talking during the show were men, every single one of them had a very different story. We cannot just fit all of these life experiences in the same category of masculinity. Their views of masculinity have also evolved over time with these experiences.

Michael Kimmel wrote in the article: “Institutions accomplish the creation of gender difference and the reproduction of gender order through several gendered processes.” In the article, he cited several specific examples in the article about gender order being regulated Impact. He mentioned in the article that the system of employees seems to be equal, but work is still greatly affected by gender. Similar to the secretary is usually done by women, because loyalty is required. These prejudices inadvertently assign work to specific genders can affect creativity and gender order. As we saw in “Enough People”, they are discussing what specific molds men should have. According to the distinction of gender, to simulate what a man should be and what kind of person he should be. This has a great sense of system and oppression for men themselves. Men will obey and do more than they expect, and they have reached the point where they are truly noticed.

Masculinity refers to the social roles, behaviors and means prescribed for men in any particular society and at any particular time. It therefore emphasizes gender, not physical gender, and the diversity of identities between different male groups. Kimmel mentioned the word masculinity in his summary. This does not show that masculinity is the trait that men need to reserve, but it only increases the diversity of identities. Masculinity is not a distinction between genders. A person cannot be determined by his or her gender, but a person’s behavior.