"The Male Myth" by Paul Theroux and "The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes" by Manning Marable showed the that masculinity is cruel, even though Paul Theroux defines male in general and Manning difines black male only, they both agree that being masculinine is relate it to cruelty and opression over women. In the essay "the Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes" by Manning Marable explained "White women viewed black man like he was simply a beast of burden..."
“The Male Myth” by Paul Theroux p. 101-105
[from Across Cultures: A Reader for Writers edited by Sheena Gillespie and Robert Becker, 7th edition published in New York by Pearson Longman in 2008]
“The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes” by Manning Marable p. 17-23
[from Men’s Lives edited by Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner, 5 edition published in New York by Allyn & Bacon in 2001]
To Be Continued...
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