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Make a four page critical reflective thesis centered on your comprehension of the material covered in class, course readings, and applying it to the topic of masculinity.

What have you learned as a result of taking this course. Have your views on masculinity/gender changed. If they haven't changed, why not? Has taking the course and reading the articles made you think differently about masculinity, yourself, your relationships, and/or your future? Have you become more aware of the diversity of masculinities; the various ways men construct their masculinities and the social forces/institutions that play a role in constructing men's masculinity?

Possible topics/concepts you may wish to incorporate into your message:

1. Explore the distinctive forms of Latino, Asian or Black masculinity. Discuss how these forms of masculinity differ from "White" masculinity.

2. Discuss how race, class, and gender interact to form societal hierarchies of masculinity.

3. Discuss what would be the appropriate way to socialize North American kids into appropriate gender roles. Reflect on your own gender socialization.

4. Discuss how anxiety, stress, and fear impact men's construction of masculinity.

5. Discuss how violence is influential in constructing men's masculinity.

6. Describe the key ways that white heterosexual mens' friendships tend to differ from those of women and from those of gay men?

7. Discuss how sports shape men's construction of masculinity.

8. Discuss how the conception of fatherhood has changed over time and how these conceptions are linked to ideas about masculinity.

9. Discuss another culture's relationship to masculinity and compare it to Western societal masculine expectations and behavior.

10. Discuss how the schooling of boys has impacted/contributed to their construction of masculinity.

11. Discuss how work is linked to male identity.