Category: Entry 8

Palpably is a adjective word. The word palpably mean readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious;. This word is located in the article of Teaching men to be emotionally honest by Andrew Reiner. “As Dr. Kimmel masterfully deflected an outpouring of protests, the atmosphere grew palpably tense”. The word palpably can be use to describe a object. 

According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of bromance is ” a close nonexual friendship between men”. I found this word in the article, “Allowing Teenage Boys to Love Their Friends” by Jan Hoffman. In this article Hoffman man talk about the friendship with their friends. Boys only talk about their feelings with their friends. The word bromance was used to talk about the physical relationship between man.

The word longitudinal is an adverb and according to Merriem-Webster it means, “involving the repeated observation or examination of a set of subjects over the time with respect to one or more study variables.” This word can be found in the text “How to raise a feminist son” by Claire Cain Miller. The article says, “ Yet longitudinal studies suggest that toy segregation has long-term effects on gender gaps in academics, spatial skills and social skills, according to Campbell Leaper, chairman of the psychology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.” This illustrates that repeated studies have shown that separating what toys girls and boys should be playing with according to their gender has had long term effects. Knowing and understanding this word will help me get my points across on my masculinity essay.

Anguish: extreme pain, distress, or anguish(verb)

This is the meaning of the word anguish according to Merriam Webster’s dictionary. I saw this word when I was reading the article “What Feminists Can Do for Boys” by Jessica Velenti. It was in the third paragraph of the article which said “Though feminists have always recognized the anguish that boys face in a patriarchal system, we haven’t built the same structures of support for boys that we have for girls.” The author is claiming that boys suffer and feel pain in a patriarchal system where men are in control. I understood this definition since I looked it up and I see that the author feels that boys suffer under a sysyem where men are in conrol.

 

Misogyny  (noun): a hatred of women.

Source: Merriam-Webster (online).

Ms. Valenti begins her article What Feminists Can Do for Boys by talking about how feminism ironically “coincided with the rise of extreme misogyny.” Misogyny is mentioned here because feminism resulted in more hatred in women. It is as simple as that and that is precisely why it is an appropriate word she used.

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The word Alienation appears in the context “the shame over feeling any sadness, despair or strong emotion other than anger, let alone expressing it and the resulting alienation.” This word is included in the article “Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest” by Andrew Reiner. In view of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word “Alienation” implies that a detachment of a man or a man’s affections from a question or position of the previous connection (noun). By definition of the word, the context means young men are experiencing childhood in a general public that genuine men don’t demonstrate emotions. Young men comprehend what feelings is on the grounds that each person is conceived with that normally in any case, they making a decent attempt not to demonstrate feelings that they are losing them self in an expression of judging.

de·lib·er·ate (adjective)

The definition of the word deliberate is done consciously and intentionally according to the dictionary. In the article ” How to Help Kids Disrupt Bro Culture ” by Ana Homayoun, you come across this word when the author states, “A 2013 review article published in the Journal of Sports Medicine suggested that early and excessive emphasis on youth sports and early sport specialization – or participating in one sport year-round – can shift youth focus from fun or “deliberate play” to performance and has been linked to increased psychosocial problems, antisocial behaviors and negative peer interactions.”After now knowing what the word means, the author was saying that young kids that play sports can shift from having fun to then doing intentional actions to other peers in the game, which can cause psychological problems.

Based on the Merriam Webster’s dictionary the word alienation (noun) means a separation of a person or a person’s affections from an object or position of former attachment. While reading “Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest”, it state that, “The shame over feeling any sadness, despair or strong emotion other than anger, let alone expressing it and the resulting alienation. Many young men, just like this student, compose artful, convincing masks, but deep down they aren’t who they pretend to be.” This quote means that boys are growing up in a society that real men don’t show feelings. Boys know what emotions is because every human being are born with that naturally but, they trying so hard not to show emotions that they are losing them self in a word of judging.

Incredulous is defined as unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true according to Merriam-Webster. The word incredulous is used as an adjective. I encountered this word in the article entitled, “Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest” by Andrew Reiner. On page two it states that, “His voice quavering, the young man stammered something unexpected from a frat brother, about how women can be as insensitive and hurtful as guys. He sounded like a victim himself. But afterward, when I asked him if he had reached out to any of his guy friends for advice or solace, he stared at me, incredulous, his irises two small blue islands amid a sea of sclera. “Nah, I’ve got this,” he said.” I thought that the word meant not feeling to to talk or associate because the character is saying he has got this, associating with himself only ignoring the help. I see the meaning more clearly because he was not willing to accept what was being offered to him. He did not want to seek out advice from his fellow friends but, instead act unwilling to what is the truth.