What truly distinguishes a man from being either marked, or unmarked? Paul Theroux mentions the theory of the 'male myth' throughout an article he published. He portrays men to be those stereotypical ones in shows, the ones with suits and ones who are compelled to act sophisticated and 'manly' or you'd be disdained by society. Men have to be obedient and military-like, people without feeling, and in his opinion, this portrait of men that society has drawn, is purely insulting. In my opinion, I disagree with his claim that within our community, men are despised if they don't meet the status quo; I say this because today, people are more accepting of others than ever before. We see others for their personality and for their character rather than what we should judge them to be. However, as for this may be the case, we have to consider the time period in which this was written, which is the year 1983. [logos] During that time frame, women might have been more judgmental and critical towards men based on their occupation and character, whether or not they're manly or petite, weak or strong. Theroux might have been struggling through immense amounts of criticism throughout his entire life, that he was picked on for not being what others want him to be. Another perspective of this is derived from women's views, that they 'fear' not picking the right man in the manner that in the future, others will belittle him. [pathos] Basically, rather than love, someone would pick their partner due to their looks and structure rather than their true personality and character. This thus promotes insecurity in both men and women, which is not what we want society to be. Although, with this being said, I also believe that even though in this present time, we don't denounce men as we did back then, as for we are more open and accepting nowadays, we can't deny the fact that we are still judgmental, and everyone is, but in the end we just have to open up and put our distasteful traits aside or it will do us an injustice.