Write 6 pages thesis on the topic the male myth by paul theroux and why boys don't play with dolls by katha pollitt.

Write 6 pages thesis on the topic the male myth by paul theroux and why boys don't play with dolls by katha pollitt. Throughout the article, Theroux cites different scenarios such as boys’ camp, high school sports, and others to bring home his point as well as to use them as basis for stereotyping the whole male community.

‘Why Boys Dont Play with Dolls offers opinion on the issue of why boys and girls have fundamentally different interests throughout their lives. It also talks about how adults play major roles in encouraging these behaviors in their children even when they know that it is not what they want their children to do. Pollitt argues how we have gender stereotyping as part of our culture and yet we do not care to show any resistance whatsoever. Stereotyping happens when someone is judged based on their cultural background, behavior, habits, and tastes to name a few. In both these articles, authors tried to judge the issue of gender stereotyping based on the subject’s gender from some isolated scenarios. A perfect example of gender stereotyping can be found in advertisements and movies where the blondes are shown as less intelligent or showing an African American man in prison. It happens even in our homes when parents always talk about children becoming a model or an anchor if the child is a girl and becoming a sport star if the child is a boy. This is nothing less than gender stereotyping as we are judging the children’s future based on their sex and making assumptions from past occurrences and/or general practices in society.

The Male Myth corroborates its point repeatedly that being a man is detestable. Both the articles drives home the point from some isolated examples and making generalizations from those examples. This is very similar to real world generalizations in which we assume and

conclude something from few or limited samples.