Tough Guise, really?

As a girl, I generally think that being a girl offers less than being a boy. Girls are always surrounded with stereotypes, demands and oppression that force them stable in life. Of course, I admit life is sometimes harder for boys than us. In society, the role given to boys can be confusing in several times. The documentary, Tough Guise made me convince about this issue. After I'd watched this, I realized that boys also were concerned the 'male figure' that society refers. They share the same concerns such as being intelligent, strong, intepented, powerful and more common word tough. It is such a pity for boys that feels these kind of obligations. I find the tough image insisted by media, specially ads cruel and unreal. For instance, in video we can see how this image grow and became so popular even in fiction movies. 

If we remember Batman or Superman in 60s, we can find the heroes tiny, because in 21. century, muscles are everywhere. Here comes another similar example about G I Joe. His bicep is 12.2'' in 60s, then it is getting bigger 15.2'' to16.4''. In 1998 it lost its rationality with the number of 26.8 inches which is impossible for a human.

Another common image that ensures the masculinity is gun. While Humprey Bogard moved a small gun in movie,the gun got bigger for Sean Connery as James Bond. And later Clint Eastwood appeared on the scene with bigger one. Now, we can watch Rambo with huge machine guns.

There are lots of trap that draw a fake tough guise figure in media. I just emphasized two of them. It is clearly seen that these depictions have a great impact on males. Furthermore this tough image is becoming more harful day by day. The boys who believe and take the ads serious, transform more violent, more tough and unfortunately it becomes violence against women. I find this issue very serious about the growing of individuals who has good mental and physical health, not the guys that becomes muscular but fooler.