English essay

Tecce 1

Tecce

Jaclyn Tecce

9 November 2020

ENG 102

Prof. Connelly

Annotated Bibliography

Brody, Leslie. Gender, Emotion, and the Family. Harvard University Press, 1999. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat05480a&AN=mcc.122284&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Dekin, Sam. “Men and Emotions: The Importance of Becoming Vulnerable.” Mission Harbor Behavioral Health, 7 Aug. 2020, sbtreatment.com/blog/men-and-emotions-the-importance-of-becoming-vulnerable/.

In this article by Sam Dekin he explores the need for men to come forth and express how they are feeling. Men are often known to not be as vulnerable as women as that is what society has created. But this stereotype society has created can lead to many issues for men. Everyone needs to share what they are feeling and if men avoid doing this it could lead to more serious ways of showing the pain they are feeling. Sam shows the significance of the possible consequences by showing the higher rate of men suicides compared to women in 2018. He not only shows the reader the problem he then gives men solutions on how to become more vulnerable.

Gruber, June, et al. “Why We Should Help Boys Embrace All Their Feelings.” Greater Good, 22 Feb. 2018, greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_we_should_help_boys_to_embrace_all_their_feelings.

June Gruber and Jessica Borelli talk about the importance of helping boys embrace emotion. Through their research they have found that boys not talking about their emotions starts from a young age. When conversing with their parents as young kids, boys' conversations have a more serious and angry tone, unlike girls whose conversations are emotional. They present data from many different studies that all show that a male not expressing emotion starts from a very young age. They argue that how a male is talked to and raised by parents really affect their ability to show emotion.

Kilian, Reinhold, et al. “Masculinity Norms and Occupational Role Orientations in Men Treated for Depression.” PLoS ONE, no. 5, 2020. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgov&AN=edsgcl.624929420&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Saul, Enda, and Emer C. “Little Things - Making a Big Difference to Promoting Positive Mental Health.” International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC), vol. 17, Oct. 2017, pp. 1–2. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5334/ijic.3582.

Toby Pitts-Tucker. “Pressure to Keep up Macho Image May Drive Men to Suicide.” BMJ: British Medical Journal, vol. 345, no. 7876, 2012, p. 4. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.23278637&site=eds-live&scope=site.

In this article Toby Pitts- Tucker explains why suicude in men is more prevalent. As he says there is a, “gold standard” of masculinity a man should posses which may just be the cause of rising suicide rates in middle age men. Toby uses facts about suicide rates between different social classes to further prove his point. Men from higher economic classes are less likely to die by suicid than lower class men. He then explains the problem, that from the standard of society for men the more vulnerable are not willing to come forward and get the help they need.

1. I think this article is intended for the general public as it is written in a public newspaper. I believe the author wanted to inform the public on this issue that the stereotype of men needs to be macho and not show emotion and how it affects men's mental state. But I also believe the article could be written to get the attention of officials. As he is bringing to light different problems the people think Europe needs to address

2. I find this article to be interesting. I do think that the stereotype the world puts on men to be macho and masculine does seriously affect the mental state of men. This article brings some of those issues to light and even calls out the European government on things that they could do better on. I also thought the part about different economic classes was interesting. I would have thought that suicide in men would be greater in the upperclass because they are under the pressure of looking and acting a certain way. But men from lower classes are 10 times as likely to die by suicde as upper class men.

3. Toby Pitts- Tucker uses a lot of evidence in his writing. He doesn’t just use his evidence to prove the same point either. At first he gives evidence from a study showing the ages of most prone to suicide. Then moves on with many types of data explaining different facts about men suicide. Which serves to prove his point and show people how this is a serious thing that is happening.

4. This author builds onto and is in agreement the Samaritans argument. A lot of his evidence actually come from the Samartians report about suicide. For example in the first paragraph he uses the evidence that men in there 30s, 40s, 50s, trying to chase that idea of masculinity have a greater rate of suicide. He uses the study that they did to prove his point

5. Where did this macho man stereotype men are chasing come from? What can people to do help stop this stereotype?

Wen-long Zhu, et al. “Not Only Top-Down: The Dual-Processing of Gender-Emotion Stereotypes.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, May 2020. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01042.

“Why It's Important for Men to Express Their Emotions #WhatMenDontSay.” Man Matters, 21 Sept. 2020, manmatters.com/blog/importance-of-men-to-express-their-emotions/.

In this blog the author talks about the importance of men being open. First they talk about why men are bad at expressing their emotions. Which they say is because they are shown at a young age that showing emotion is a sign of weakness. By not expressing their emotion it could lead to health problems like weight gain and high blood pressure. But these can be avoided by trying to share one's emotions. The author then gives ways for men to start showing emotions for example self care.