"The hurt, betrayed son"

The article was confusing. I’ve never watched or read anything about Rambo. The whole story was just difficult to understand because new characters were kept being introduced. It wasn’t the most enjoyable read. However, it was nice to change up the blog readings and try something new.

The article today relates to the article we read for Monday. Rambo obviously had this definition in his read of what it means to be a man. It means masculinity, physical and mental strength, etc; all the stereo types of a man. How prevalent these stereotypes are today I do not know. I believe our society is accepting men and women that have both traits that are called masculine and feminine traits. Even his conversation style was brought up on how he liked to always lecture and not let anyone tell him otherwise over his opinions. Of course, we learned that in the class activity that some of those signs of male conversation traits have truth to them.

I want to bring up again how men and women are slowly taking traits from each other. Around fifty years ago, feminine traits and masculine traits were segregated based on sex. Now, if a man acts “dominant,” he will most be looked down upon by the community. Fifty years ago his behavior would not have affected his life in a negative way. These traits would be considered part of being a man. But now there is a promotion of women stepping up to the plate and becoming less “submissive.” Men are allowed to show their emotions and be “vulnerable.” All the masculine and feminine traits we share are a part of being human, male or female. However society had once judged what was appropriate from one sex and inappropriate from another.

On a personal note, I find it interesting how they bring up the father situation. The lack of a role from a male figure kept Rambo in the mind set that he is the “man” now. Childhood was cut out of the picture and it’s now time to be a man. Of course his idea of what a man and how to act as a male figure is a little distorted due to the lack of a father figure. But on his own time, he must eventually find out.