How man’s identity is being challenged and legally adjusted on a global scale
Take a look at this article:https://pledgetimes.com/constitutional-court-rules-italian-children-are-no-longer-automatically-called-like-their-father/
For the last twenty years, issues around manhood and masculinity have been major discussion points around the globe. Books have been published, channels revealed, movies released, courses developed, and songs made—arguments presenting every side of a coin that many believe is determined to lessen men. One thing that everyone appears to agree with is that there is an emergency brewing around issues of “being man” and how that image is presented. Many have argued that the idea of “manhood” and “masculinity” are in danger.
- The article above shows how man’s identity is being challenged and legally adjusted on a global scale—one that many argue is endangering the very notion of males maintaining their status as being “man,” let alone their understood position as the unchallenged head of the family
Keep the change in Italy’s law in mind.
If you missed the Oscar’s “slap,” take a look at what happened.
After viewing, why was this so disturbing? Do our feelings of disquiet have to do with the act of a man slapping a man, which many argued was far more disturbing than if Will Smith—6’2, 220 pounds—had hauled off and punched the much smaller Chris Rock—an action that may have broken bone and possibly caused a concussion, or worse? Yet the “smack” was seemingly the real issue. Why?
- And why did so many of us argue that Chris Rock should have fought back, which probably would have been a futile act given the size difference, as well as the fact that he had just been attacked by a man who was clearly on the edge?
- Does what you learned about the correlation of being “man” and fighting, as observed in Fight Club—which explained that the idea is not to win the battle, but, more importantly, simply the willingness to fight—speak to what happened?
- Did Chris Rock forfeit his “man” card?
