In five pages this paper examines contemporary society and the image of man in a comparative analysis of the ninth chapters of Man Enough by Frank Pittman and The Image of Man by George Mosse. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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stop to figure out what they are actually asking of the person to whom they have made the statement. Are they asking for the person to be more of a
gender than he already is? If so, how can one be more biologically male than they already are? Or, are they asking the person to conform to accepted societal concepts
of what it is to be male? It could be stated that it is a combination of the two. The one problem that becomes obvious is that there seems to
be a type of confusion about what the definition is for male. From a purely scientific and biological perspective, it is quite obvious what makes a male, well, a male.
There is no arguing with biological facts and figures in this context. However, having stated that, it is also true that being a man in the true sense of the
definition is more than biology, but rather, more a matter of will, a choice to live and abide by a certain set of unwritten expectations. So, what does it
mean to be a man? George Mosses book, The Image of Man: The Creation of Modern Masculinity, states that courage, moral restraint and athletic ability seem to be most of
the basis for the stereotype of his day and age. And those who tend to deviate from this norm are assumed to be unmanly. These types of people that are
viewed with outright distaste (at least during his time) were Jews and homosexuals. Keeping in mind that Mosses book was written in Germany prior to the advent of World War
II, one must take this all with a bit of historical salt. Frank Pittmans book, Man Enough, Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity, speaks to the more modern