The one thing that stood out to me in "The Male Myth" by Paul Theroux was when he said that men cannot be writers. He states this because he believes that it's mostly for women because it includes alot of time, patience, imagination, and so forth. Writing is requires patience and time, and some men don't have these qualities in which they can't be writer. He also states that men prove their masculinity by Americas traditional ways, such as hunting animals or other manly things. He also says that men are interested in journalism because they like to explore and discover new things, while on the other hand writing is just sitting and using your imagination.
This is a nice start to an analysis of Theroux's distinction between writers and journalists. Why are patience, imagination and devoting a lot to time to a task notions not compatible with men? Develop this a bit further.
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