Revised Final Draft for Research Paper #2

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_pMe2muPcPDfApPyrf2W6t9mzDbeishnS55eafXijfM/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CKzXu7gF

Four Blog Posts

12, 11, 10 and 9

Reflection

 1) The assignment that was the most fun was blog post #11. It was fun because we got to do a dialogue in which we controlled what we wanted to say between the two people we picked. The dialogue helped us learn what women talk about  when it comes to guys at clubs. We did this dialogue based on the article "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Perfomance of Masculinity as a Collective Activity" by D. Grazian, he talks about how the guys go in clubs and help each other out to get girls. I did my dialogue through women's perspective and it showed me what women think about men when they go to clubs. I also liked the debate and I believe the winning team should get the points because even though only a few people talked the rest of them did contribute.

2) There weren't any assignments that I didn't care for, but I didn't complete them.

3) Blogger was very useful. I felt as if we were trying something new for once. It helped me realize that blogs can be used for many purposes and even for education. At first, I thought that Blogger was going to be difficult but as time went by it got easier and easier. I really liked Blogger and would definitely try using it for another class.

4) We covered all of the topics about masculinity, so theres not anything that we left.

Blog Post #12

The movie Hangover and the article “The Girl hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as a Collective Activity” by Gazian, show men’s masculinity in relationships they have with other men. In the movie the hangover, there are four friends (Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug) who go to Las Vegas for their friend Doug’s bachelor party. They experience many things and the bond they have is really strong. Phil, who is married, a husband and a father is kind of the leader of the group. Stu is a dentist who marries a stripper. Doug is the groom that gets lost and their friends are going insane just to find him. Alan is Doug’s brother-in-law and is kind of weird. The relationship they with each other is really strong and makes it even more stronger towards the end of the movie. These men help each other out and show bromance. Like Grazian says on page 328 that the guys help each other out with girls. They get girls at a nightclub and they introduce them to their friends, so no one feels left out. In the movie, the guys seem to do this. At the end of the movie they find a camera that show pictures of them at a strip club, where each one of them did have a girl. In the article Grazian he talks about Gregory and he says “While getting dressed among friends in preparation for a trip to a local strip club, Gregory, a twenty-year-old white sophomore, reports on the banter: “We should all dress rich and stuff so we can get us some hookers!” (326). In the movie the Hangover, in the beginning the guys are ready to go out and party and Phil tells all of them to get dressed. All of them are dressed in professional suits except for Alan who is dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. Phil think that dressing is important and is a way to show their masculinity. This movie and the article talk about bromance and the relationships men have with their friends and other men.

Grazian, David.  "The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and the Performance of Masculinity as a Collective Activity".  Men's Lives.  5th ed.  Michael S. Kimmel, Michael A. Messner Eds.  New York: Allyn & Bacon,2001.  320-337.  Print.  

The Hangover.  Dir. Tod Phillips.  Perf.  Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis.  Legendary, 2009.  DVD.